The Abap editor is packed with options and tooling and integration with other tools. Here's a list I've come across so far - you may find things you've not seen before...
- Double click on
- Technical objects - will take you to the definition of the objects, like a table.
- Variables - to show the definition, or when double clicked on in the definition, it will show a where-used list
- Routine names, function modules, include names, methods - move editor focus
- Statements like
LOOPto go toENDLOOP,IFto go toENDIF,ELSEto go toIF,DO n TIMES..,WHILE..,CASE... etc etc. All work vice-versa as well of course! - Double click on an object that's not available yet ? The system will help you create it (variables, message with the
MESSAGEstatement, etc etc. - Auto-completion of statements. Ever noticed the editor shows suggestions to what you are typing ? Finalize the choice by pressing TAB. This setting can also be altered to "agree_by_return", however you will need to change the XML with settings on your PC installation for that.
- Try this one: put your cursor on a table name and press CTRL-SPACE. The fields of the table will be listed. When you are typeing a table name followed by a -, the editor will conclude you are trying to find a field from the table you've just typed. Get the editor to list the fields for you !
- The editor has many options and settings under Utilities - Settings. A lot of these settings are held on an XML file which can also be maintained directly. On my system it's here:
C:\Users\MYUSERNAME\AppData\Roaming\SAP\SAP GUI\ABAP Editor\settings.xml - ...