# Workbench

The term Workbench refers to the desktop development environment. The Workbench aims to achieve seamless tool integration and controlled openness by providing a common paradigm for the creation, management, and navigation of workspace resources.

Each Workbench window contains one or more perspectives. Perspectives contain views and editors and control what appears in certain menus and tool bars. More than one Workbench window can exist on the desktop at any given time.

### Related Concepts

Features
Resources
Perspectives
Views
Editors

### Related Tasks

Opening perspectives
Opening views
Switching between perspectives
Showing and hiding menu items and toolbar buttons
Configuring perspective command groups
Configuring perspective shortcuts
Installing new software

### Related Reference

Toolbar buttons