About Editing PL/SQL Source Files
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PL/SQL editor provides the following features for editing PL/SQL files
- Syntax coloring.
- Indentation and reformatting. The IDE indents lines as you type. You can format selected lines or the entire file by pressing Alt-Shift-F.
- Code folding. You can expand and collapse any element in the PL/SQL editor. You can also expand and collapse child elements of an element too.
- Palette. You have a palette in the IDE with some basic language elements that you can add into your code.
- Code templates. You can enter common code snippets by typing abbreviations for those snippets.
- Code completion A dialog box appears and offers possible ways of completing the expression you are typing.
- Navigator window & source code navigation Support for navigating through the source code of the current file as well as other files.
- Annotations for errors/warnings Editor Hints provided for problematic code and code not written according to the standards, where hints will have actions to correct/avoid it.
- See Also
- Creating PL/SQL Source Files
- Deploying PL/SQL Source Files
- Testing PL/SQL Functions and Procedures