# Shortcut bar

The shortcut bar is actually two different bars. One bar manages the open perspectives, while another manages any open fast views.

## Perspective Bar

The perspective bar allows quick access to perspectives that are currently open, as well as providing an easy way to open a new perspective. The perspective bar may be docked in three different positions. It may be docked in the upper right corner (the default position), the upper left corner (under the main toolbar) and to the far left.

Here is an example of what the perspective bar looks like:

### Open Perspective

This command opens a new perspective which is selected by the user from a drop-down menu. All of the perspectives that are open within a single Workbench window are shown on the shortcut bar.

### Perspective Buttons

These buttons provide a quick way to switch to one of the open perspectives in the current Workbench window.

## Fast View Bar

The fastview bar is the place where fast views are docked. It may be docked in three locations. It may be docked on the left, bottom (default) and right.

Here is an example of what the fast view bar looks like:

### View Buttons

These buttons provide a quick way to display the fast views in the current perspective. Fast views are essentially minimized views that have been dragged onto the shortcut bar. Fast views pop up when selected, and revert back to their minimized state when the user clicks outside of the view and may be oriented either horizontally or vertically according to their configuration. To convert a fast view back into a normal view, click on the Fast View action in the view's menu or drag it back to the workbench.

Perspectives
View Toolbars
Workbench Toolbar
Workbench Window Layout