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I recently read an article stating that the Eclipse Package Explorer and Outline view are wasted space. Mylyn also recommends minimizing or closing the Outline view. Eclipse makes it really easy to make views go away with fast views and minimizing tab groups. An in-place Outline can be activated with Ctrl+O. All of these focus on providing maximum screen real-estate for editors. While these paradigms work really well for many editors, some editors are designed to make use of the Outline view and Properties view as integral parts of the editor. So how does a tool designer resolve this tension between editor styles?