An editor is a component of the workbench. It is typically used to edit or browse a resource.
When you open a file for editing, for example by double-clicking it in the Resource Navigator view, the default editor associated with that file opens in the editor area of the current perspective. By default, the editor area is in the top-right hand side of the workbench window.
You are advised to open resources with the default editor only, because other editors might not correctly validate the changes you make.
The following figure shows the TextMessenger.msgflow file from the Pager samples opened in the Message Flow editor, which is part of the Broker Application Development perspective.
You can open any number of editors at once, but only one editor is active at any one time. The main menu bar and main toolbar display the operations that apply to the active editor. By default, editors are stacked in the editor area, but you can choose to tile them to view source files simultaneously. Tabs in the editor area indicate the names of the resources that are open for editing. An asterisk (*) indicates that an editor has unsaved changes. If you attempt to close the editor or exit the workbench with unsaved changes you are prompted to save the changes.
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