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In the Properties view, you can display details, such as the owner, creation date, original language, and so on, of a source code-based development object.

Context

Note You can change the object description of your own development objects in the Properties view. For this purpose, the Description field is provided. It is an editable field if the logon language (project language) does not differ from the original language of the object. Otherwise, this field is not editable and is labeled with a warning decorator.
Note To display the properties of development objects that can only be opened in the SAP GUI-based editor, double-click the respective node in the Project Explorer. The assigned editor is then opened and here you can find the properties at the appropriate position.

Procedure

  1. Open the relevant development object in the ABAP source code editor.
  2. Choose the toolbar menu Start of the navigation path Window Next navigation step Show View Next navigation step Properties End of the navigation path .

    Alternatively, you can open the context menu of the editor and choose Start of the navigation path Show in Next navigation step Properties End of the navigation path.

Results

The properties are displayed in the Properties view.

Here the following subtabs are provided:

  • General: Details that are the same for all development objects of this type
  • Specific: Details that are individual for this type of development object
Displaying properties of an ABAP class
Figure 1: Displaying properties of an ABAP class
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