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@@ -588,17 +588,24 @@
     \section1 Browsing Project Contents
 
     The sidebar is available in the \gui Edit and \gui Debug modes.
-    Use the sidebar to browse files, projects and bookmarks.
+    Use the sidebar to browse projects, files, and bookmarks, and to view
+    the class hierarchy.
     \image qtcreator-sidebar.png
 
     You can select the content of the sidebar in the sidebar menu:
     \list
         \o \gui Projects shows a list of projects open in the current
            session.
-        \o \gui{File System} shows the content of the currently selected
-           directory.
-        \o \gui Bookmarks shows all bookmarks for the current session.
         \o \gui{Open Documents} shows currently open files.
+        \o \gui Bookmarks shows all bookmarks for the current session.
+        \o \gui{File System} shows all files in the currently selected
+            directory.
+        \o \gui {Class View} shows the class hierarchy of the currently
+            open projects.
+        \o \gui Outline shows the element hierarchy of a QML file.
+        \o \gui {Type Hierarchy} shows the base classes of a class. For
+            more information, see \l{Viewing Type Hierarchy}.
+
     \endlist
 
     You can change the view of the sidebar in the following ways:
@@ -612,6 +619,8 @@
            .
     \endlist
 
+    The additional options in each view are described in the following
+    sections.
 
     \section2 Viewing Project Files
 
@@ -625,20 +634,53 @@
            needed right-click an item in the project tree.
            For example, through the menu of the project root directory you can,
            among other actions, build, re-build, clean and run the project.
-        \o To list all files in a project, click
+        \o To hide the categories and sort project files alphabetically, click
            \inlineimage qtcreator-filter.png
-           and select \gui{Simplify tree}.
+           and select \gui{Simplify Tree}.
         \o To hide source files which are automatically generated by the build
            system, during a build, click \inlineimage qtcreator-filter.png
-           and select \gui{Hide generated files}.
-        \o To toggle the synchronization of your project tree with the file
-           opened in the editor, click
+           and select \gui{Hide Generated Files}.
+        \o To keep the position in the project tree synchronized with the file
+           currently opened in the editor, click
            \inlineimage qtcreator-synchronizefocus.png
            .
         \o To see the absolute path of a file, move the mouse pointer over the
            file name.
     \endlist
 
+    \section2 Viewing the File System
+
+    If you cannot see a file in the \gui Projects view, switch to the
+    \gui {File System} view, which shows all the files in the file system.
+
+    To keep the position in the tree synchronized with the file
+    opened in the editor, click
+    \inlineimage qtcreator-synchronizefocus.png
+    .
+
+    \section2 Viewing the Class Hierarchy
+
+    The \gui {Class View} shows the class hierarchy of the currently
+    open projects. To organize the view by subprojects, click
+    \inlineimage qtcreator-show-subprojects.png
+    .
+
+    \section2 Viewing QML Elements
+
+    The \gui Outline view shows the element hierarchy in a QML file.
+
+    \list
+
+        \o To see a complete list of all bindings, click
+           \inlineimage qtcreator-filter.png
+           and select \gui{Show All Bindings}.
+
+        \o To keep the position in the view synchronized with the element
+           selected in the editor, click
+           \inlineimage qtcreator-synchronizefocus.png
+           .
+
+    \endlist
 
     \section1 Viewing Output