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Context

The Outline view displays the internal structure of an ABAP class, interface, or program that is currently opened in the ABAP source code editor.

Activities from the Outline View Toolbar

The following activities are provided in the toolbar:

Icon Description
If you activate this filter, only public members of classes will be displayed as an outline. All non-public members of ABAP classes will remain hidden.
If you activate this filter, only methods of ABAP classes or interfaces will be displayed as an outline. All members that are not methods, such as attributes, data types, and events will remain.
Activities from the Context Menu of a Structuring Element

The following activities are provided from the context menu of an element in the outline tree:

Function Description
Navigate to Declaration Navigates to the declaration part in the source code editor.
Navigate to Implementation Navigates to the implementation part of a class or test class in the source code editor.
Run As Enables you to directly execute programs (F8) or launch test environments for classes, or to start ABAP unit tests. See also: Running Executable Objects Running ABAP Unit Tests
Debug As Enables you to start debugging ABAP code after having set a breakpoint. See also: Debugging ABAP Code
Profile As Enables you to start profiling (ABAP Traces) for the ABAP program. See also: Profiling ABAP Code
Coverage As Enables you to start a code coverage measurement. See also: Checking ABAP Unit Code Coverage
Get Where-used List Enables you to determine the development objects that use a specific object. See also: Where-Used Function Searching Usages (Where-Used)
Rename Enables you to find and rename variables, methods, and form routine names, as well as other elements and form routine names, as well as other elements of an ABAP program. ABAP classes and ABAP interfaces can be renamed as well. See also: Renaming Identifiers