Editor( Edit Control) 

 

Summary

 

In the new ABAP Debugger, there have at your disposal an efficient ABAP front-end editor for displaying source code. You also have the classic backend-based editor.

The most important additional features of the ABAP front-end editor in the Debugger are:

·         Syntax Coloring

·         Standard editor functions such as vertical and horizontal scrolling in the source code, display of current scope, opening and closing source code blocks.

·         Display of the current variable content and variable type in a quick info text as soon as the mouse cursor is on a valid variable.

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Detailed Description

 

The ABAP Front-End Editor Control function is available with the 640 GUI (Patch Level >= 10).

If the Control function is available and has been selected as the required editor variant in the workbench settings (ABAP Editor: Menu: Utilities->Settings), by default the source doe will be displayed in the ABAP front-end editor whenever you start the new Debugger.

The ABAP Front-End Editor is located under Standard Tools.

 

In addition to the standard front-end editor functions, the Debugger version also provides the following functions:

 

• If you double-click a variable name in the source code, this is transferred to the variable overview or to the respective detailed display. In contrast to the back-end editor, however, no breakpoint will be set if you double-click a word that does not represent a valid variable.
• In the context menu of the ABAP front-end editor, you have the option of setting, deleting, activating, or deactivating breakpoints in the current line – in addition to the standard tool functions.
  In addition, you can jump to the selected line using the context menu entry Goto Statement. (Alternatively use the menu path: Debugger->Goto Statement)
  The context menu entry Display Variable in the Data Explorer transfers the selected variable to the tool Data Explorer.
• If the mouse cursor is positioned over a valid variable in the source code, a quick info text displays the type and the value of this variable.
  Using the settings ( icon in the lower right corner) of the ABAP front-end editor, you can set the reaction time of the quick info display.

 

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