Tools

1. Tool Types

The tools available in the ABAP Debugger consist of standard tools and tools for displaying special data objects.

Standard Tools	Special Tools
Editor	Structure Display
Stack	Table Display
Breakpoints	Object Display
Variables Display	Detail Display

2. Tool Services

In addition to methods for aligning and changing tools, as described in the section Designing Work Areas, the following tools also provide useful functions:

Editor
Stack
Variables Display
Structure Display
Table Display
Object Display

These functions include saving data objects as a local files or scanning the source code in the Editor. It is possible to call them in two ways:

Clicking the left mouse button on the icon for the function Tool Services.
Clicking the right mouse button and selecting the function Tool Services in the node menu.

3. Special Tools

Structure, table, object, and detailed display are special tools that expand the data objects into their individual parts and show these as detailed views.

If you double-click a structure, for example, in the variables display, the structure display that contains all the components of this structure is opened. Double-clicking a component now does not display an additional view, but replaces the structure display by the view appropriate for this component. Beside the tool, there is also a light-green arrow as a symbol for the Back function. This returns you to the original view.

All the deep views have one thing in common: Changes to the contents of data objects only become effective if you confirm them by pressing the ENTER key. Another common aspect is that they keep a history in which all the data objects selected by the user so far are entered, together with their current status. If you double-click a data object listed in the history, this will take you to the more detailed view of this data object.

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