You can detach a view and float it on top of a perspective. 
  
        
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                Click in the title bar of the view that you want to float.
            
 
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                Hold down the left mouse button and drag the view to an area on
			 your desktop outside the perspective.
            
 
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                When the view is in position, release the left mouse button to
			 drop the view onto the new location.
                 
                    
When you close the application, the new configuration is saved.