ABAP Tags
An Eclipse plugin for putting arbitrary tags on repository objects, with a Tag Manager view, tagged object search and tag import and export, served by its own ADT backend in the system.
Puts arbitrary tags on repository objects from inside ABAP Development Tools for EclipseABAP Development Tools for EclipseSAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP: source, dictionary and CDS editors, Project Explorer, Outline and ABAP Unit, calling ADT resources on the connected system.sap official, abap: a Tag Manager view, a wizard for tagging objects, an Object Tags view, a tagged object search, tagged object trees, and wizards for importing and exporting tags. Both halves have to be in place: the README lists the abap-tags-backendabap-tags-backendThe ADT backend needed by the separate ABAP Tags Eclipse plugin, installed in the ABAP system with abapGit; an upgrade to v2.0.0 or later runs a migration program for its new database tables.independent, abap ADT backend as a precondition beside the ADT plugin. It installs from the maintainer's own Eclipse update site or from the Eclipse Marketplace, and its source sits in the eclipse-adt-plugins mono repo under features/tags.
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Who is behind it
In the atlas: maintains 11@DevEposLudwig Stockbauer-MuhrLudwig Stockbauer-MuhrMaintains this
In the atlas: maintains 5, contributes to 21@stockbalmaintainers
What it declares
Every artifact
- Type
- IDE extension
- Origin
- Independently maintained
As an IDE extension
- Installs into
- does not say
- Distributed through
- does not say
Connections
Editor help with source: completion, navigation, errors, refactoring
SAP's Eclipse plugins for ABAP development over ADT
ADT backend for the ABAP Tags Eclipse plugin
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README
quoted from DevEpos/eclipse-adt-plugins under MIT, read
ABAP Tags Plug-in
Contains the source code for the ABAP Tags Plug-in.
Update Sites
Preconditions
- The ABAP Development Tools Plugin is installed ADT Plugin
- The ADT Backend for the ABAP Tags is installed abap-tags
History
Features 4, Fixes 1
Notes
ABAP Tagged Object Search
Added
- added possibility to save searches as favorites
- added text filter to search result view
- local classes/interface of programs and function groups can now be tagged
- enable Object deletion from Tagged Object Trees (in Project Explorer View)
Fixed
- remove tags from local components via Tagged Object Trees (in Project Explorer View)
Changed 2
Notes
General Updates
Changed
- For objects of type Data Definition the contained Entity names are displayed instead of the upper case DDL name
- For objects of type Behavior Definition the corresponding entity name of the root CDS Entity is shown instead.
Features 2, Fixes 1
Notes
ABAP Tagged Object Search
Added
- Adds the Select Sub Tree action to the context menu of the tree
Tag Selection Dialog - Extension in ABAP Code Search
Added
- Adds the Select Sub Tree action to the context menu of the tree
Tag Manager View
Fixed
- Fixed minor graphic issue when the filter control was shown/hidden
Features 4, Changed 1
Notes
Wizard to remove Tags from Objects
This wizard gives you an easy way to remove Tags from Repository objects.
ABAP Tagged Object Search
Added
- Added toolbar for tags viewer with actions Expand All, Collapse All, Deselect All
- New shortcut Ctrl+F to jump to filter field from tree
Tag Manager View
Added
- Improved User experience on the tags tree
- New shortcut Ctrl+ENTER to create new tags
- New shortcut ENTF to delete a list of selected tags
- Selection and expandsion levels of folders are kept after a tree refresh
Tag Objects Wizard
Added
- New shortcut Ctrl+F to jump from the tree to filter field on the Tag Selection Page
Changed
- Viewer buttons on table/tree controls have been replaced with toolbar controls
Features 1
Notes
Component Tagging
This is a brand new feature that gives you possibility to add Tags to a component of a Repository Object
ABAP Tagged Object Search
Added
- Added new context menu actions to result nodes like Run as..., Coverage as...
Features 6, Changed 4
Notes
Tagged Object Tree
Dynamic Tree, similar to the ABAP Repository Trees that is located in the Project Explorer View (see here for more information).
Added
- Lists all tags that have assigned objects (direct or on lower tree levels)
- Upon expanding a node in the tree the assigned tags or objects are loaded on the fly
- Assigned Objects (e.g. Classes, Interfaces, etc.) have context menu entries like Run as, Open with... or Share Link
Tag Manager View
Added
- New deletion dialog for tags → tags can only be deleted now if no more objects are assigned to it or tags on a lower tree level
- New context menu entry Remove assigned Objects that deletes all assigned objects of that node
Tag Objects Wizard
Changed
- Hierarchical tags do no longer require a mandatory parent object
- A hierarchical tags can now be assigned multiple times with different parent objects
- A hierarchical Tag can be assigned with any tagged parent object in the same tree (ascending only)
Object tags View
Added
- Parent objects are now visible as well if an object is tagged with a hierarchical Tag and a parent object was chosen
ABAP Tagged Object Search
Changed
- Browsing of referenced child objects via Parent Tag assignments was removed → Tagged Object Tree should be used instead
Features 1, Other 1
Notes
Technical Changes
- Minimum execution environment changed to JavaSE-11
Updates for all plugins
Added
- The Preferences and Views are now grouped under the name DevEpos
Features 5
Notes
Tag Manager View
Added
- Renamed from Tags
- Create Shared Tags by assigning User Tags to one or several other users
Tag Objects Wizard
Added
- Tag objects with Shared Tags
Object Tags View
Added
- Renamed from Tag Explorer
ABAP Tagged Object Search
Added
- Renamed from ABAP Tag Search
Other
Notes
ABAP Tags
Plug-in which allows the tagging of repository objects and searching those tagged objects
Tags View
View to manage all tags in the currently selected project
Tag Objects Wizard
Wizard to tag one or several repository objects
Tag Explorer View
View to manage the tags of the currently selected ADT
ABAP Tag Search
Search page - integrated into the eclipse Search Dialog - which allows the searching for tagged objects
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