## Carbide.c++ News view

The Carbide.c++ News view appears whenever you launch Carbide to provide the latest Carbide, Symbian, and S60 news as well as updates and screencasts for Carbide development. This view can be reduced but still visible in the Carbide C/C++ perspective for easy access.

Figure 1. Carbide.c++ News view

When the view is closed, it shrinks to a small tab item in the lower-left corner of the perspective. Click the RSS feed icon to re-open the Carbide.c++ News view.

Figure 2. Carbide.c++ News tab

##### Table 1 Carbide Newsœ view—items

Item | Explanation
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News Feeds | Displays the list of RSS feeds available for viewing in the News Contents pane. The number after the RSS feed indicates the number of posts available to read. Within the list you can: Click All News to view a time sorted list of all the RSS feeds combined. Click an individual title to view news items from a specific RSS feed.
Getting Started | Displays a list of tutorials and screencasts that provide assistance and information on using Carbide for development. Click on a title to open it in the News Contents pane for viewing.
News Contents | Displays a list of RSS feed items based on the selection in the News Feeds list. Within this pane you can: Click on a news article's title link to view the entire article in a browser. Click the Mark Read option that appears at the end of a news article to remove the article from the list. Click the Mark All Read option to set all current visible news articles to read status, effectively hiding them from view. Click the All Items option to unhide all hidden news items in the list. All Items is then replaced by the Unread Items Only option. Click the Preferences option to open the Carbide.c++ News preference panel. Click the Update option to refresh the news list with the latest feeds.
Display this page at startup | Enable to always show the Carbide.c++ News view when Carbide is launched. Recommended to ensure you are kept aware of the latest Carbide news and related information. Disable to not show the page on launch.

##### Related references

- Carbide.c++ News preference panel