Setting View Preferences

This task describes how to specify settings that control how the Workbench responds to View commands.

Note: To open the Preferences dialog, click the gear icon () at the top right of the Workbench.

Then click View Settings in the left column. The View Settings dialog appears.

1. For Navigation View Left Click Behavior, there are separate checkboxes for controlling File and Structured Document behavior. A selected checkbox causes the respective type of object to appear without requiring invocation of the File → View command.
2. For View action for XML Documents, specify which application will display the structured document.
   • Select External Editor (read-only) to open the integrated XML editor, configured above in Editor Location.
   • Select Workbench Viewer to open the Astoria Workbench Browse view.
   • Select Browser to open the default browser.
3. For View action for Files, specify which application will display the file.
   • Select External Editor (read-only) to open the registered desktop editor.
   • Select Workbench Viewer to open the Astoria Workbench Browse view.
   • Select Browser to open the default browser.
4. Click Apply.