My favourite editor for doing Java and PHP is Eclipse with the PHPeclipse plugin for the PHP stuff.
One thing that happens quite quickly when developing and using the wide array of tools, is the desktop getting cluttered very fast.
What I’ve acome up as a “sort-of” solution is making the Outline and Navigator panels hide when not using them. They call it “Fast View“. You just right click on the tab of the panel and select/deselect the “Fast View” option. When selected, it behaves by disappearing as soon as you type or click on the code page, thus giving you a full view of the code and not all the other stuff.
Panel Gone
Navigator showing
Outline showing
