Bug 329184 Detached view that is an activation target candidate can prevent perspective switching
1. Detach the 'Outline' view. 2. Window > Open Perspective > Debug 3. Window > Open Perspective > Java 4. The perspective switch doesn't actually happen. You see the 'Debug' perspective's content with an 'Outline' view detached. Closing the 'Outline' view in the 'Debug' perspective will workaround this problem.
tests/org.eclipse.e4.ui.tests/src/org/eclipse/e4/ui/tests/application/EPartServiceTest.java
.createApplication();
		MWindow window = BasicFactoryImpl.eINSTANCE.createWindow();
		application.getChildren().add(window);
		MPartDescriptor partDescriptor = org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.descriptor.basic.impl.BasicFactoryImpl.eINSTANCE
				.createPartDescriptor();
		partDescriptor.setElementId("partB");
		partDescriptor.setCategory("aCategory");
		application.getDescriptors().add(partDescriptor);
		MPartStack partStack = BasicFactoryImpl.eINSTANCE.createPartStack();
		partStack.setElementId("aCategory");
		window.getChildren().add(partStack);
		MPart partA = BasicFactoryImpl.eINSTANCE.createPart();
		partA.setElementId("partA");
		partStack.getChildren().add(partA);
		partStack.setSelectedElement(partA);
		window.setSelectedElement(partStack);
		application.setSelectedElement(window);
		initialize(applicationContext, application);
		getEngine().createGui(window);
		EPartService partService = (EPartService) window.getContext().get(
				EPartService.class.getName());
		partService.activate(partA);
		assertEquals(partA, partService.getActivePart());
		MPart partB = partService.showPart("partB",
				EPartService.PartState.VISIBLE);
		assertEquals(2, partStack.getChildren().size());
		assertEquals(
				"The part is in the same stack as the active part, so the active part should not have changed",
				partA, partService.getActivePart());
		assertNotNull("The shown part should have a context",