Eclipse Juno: Can't find fast view bar - eclipse

Version: Eclipse 4.2 Codename: Juno
I don't see a fast view bar in eclipse 4.2. I can't rightclick on a view and enable fast view. The fast view options under General -> Perspectives does nothing.
Was the fast view feature removed or am I missing something?
I've looked up at http://help.eclipse.org/juno/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.platform.doc.user%2Ftasks%2Ftasks-9b.htm , but that didn't help either.

The single Fast view bar has been replaced by minimized stacks. Now you simply drag your views into one stack and then minimize it.

I have created a request to get back the original behavior (from platform 3.x):
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=385105
Vote for it if you are equally interested.

It is bit tricky read the documentation properly search for fast view bar in the eclipse documentation. in General -> Perspective area set the radio button to fast view and enable hide empty fast view bar. after opening the navigator minimize the navigator now reopen the navigator and click esc it should be working..

If you are missing the views previous located in the fast view?
Use the "Quick Access" search field to find the views.
(located in the top bar to the left of perspective views: Java, Debug etc.)
To view all, click spacebar.

Just open a New Window: main menu | Window | New Window
The Perspective switching bar will be recovered for the new window and you can close the original window.

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When I drag a view outside of the Workbench window, the view becomes a detached view.
The Eclipse help says (Workbench User Guide -> Tasks -> Working with views and editors -> Detaching views and editors): "To restore the view to be shown inside of the Workbench window, drag the view tab into the Workbench window."
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Is there an other way for reattaching a detached view?
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You have to move each tab from the detached views window to the side of a tab in the main window. (The fact that we should move it to the side of another tab was a detail that took me a while to grasp.) A GIF would help:
Note the little green vertical line that appears beside the "Servers" tab — it indicates you've dragged the tab in the right place:
* The red circle only appears when I am pressing the mouse button. It was added by an external program to highlight when the mouse is pressed; it will not appear to you.
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"Windows -> Reset Perspective ..."
was the only method that worked for me (using Mars on Fedora 22).

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This is just a work around. Create two perspectives.
First one named - With Menu.
Second one named - Without Menu.
In the "Without Menu" perspective remove all menu items and Save.
To create the effect of hiding and showing, switch between perspectives by using
Ctrl+F8.
Theres a fast view option- just right click the tab and select Fast View. It'll bring the entire window down to the eclipse taskbar. You can recover the window by just clicking on it's icon.
Source: https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=56119
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I'm diving into iOS development and I'm using Xcode on a multi-monitor setup.
Obviously I want to take advantage of the multiple monitors to view and edit multiple panes of source code, but I'm having a hard time figuring out how to enable vertical split views. In other IDEs, it's just an option you click in the "Window" menu.
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Xcode 4
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Xcode 3
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Xcode 9 for those coming from a search engine:
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respect to mattdipasquale
Command+J --------Check out the options in the Navigate file menu item
Command+Option+,------editing code or your cursor is blinking in the Editor
Option-click (or Option+Shift-click)------open a file in the Navigator
Command+Enter----------reset
Use the dropdown on the split icon to choose between different views
For Xcode 14 you just have to click this icon: