# Changing where perspectives open

You can change the default behavior for how perspectives are opened in the Workbench.

1. Open the General > Perspectives preference page.
2. Select either In the same window or In a new window from the Open a new perspective group.
3. Click OK.

Perspectives

Opening perspectives
Specifying the default perspective
Switching between perspectives
Showing and hiding menu items and toolbar buttons
Configuring perspective command groups
Configuring perspective shortcuts