Almost all the menus are accessible with appropriate keyboard shortcuts. Some of the key features of SQL Developer that can be accessed via keyboard are listed as follows:
Users can navigate to and invoke all menu items:
All toolbar functions are accessible through menu items:
All menus and menu items have unique and functioning mnemonic keys. All the yellow shaded keys in following screenshot give the examples of the existing mnemonic keys:
All context menus within the navigators and source editor can be invoked:
Frequently used menu items have unique accelerator keys:
The following functionalities are available in SQL Developer windows. You can do the following:
Navigate between all open windows, to all nodes within a window or pane, and between tabs in a window
Set focus in a window or pane
Invoke all controls within a window or pane, and perform basic operations
Navigate and update properties in the Property Inspector
Use Completion Insight and Code Templates in the source editor
Invoke context-sensitive help topics, navigate to and open all help topics, and navigate between the navigation and viewer tabs
Open, close, dock, undock, minimize, restore, and maximize the applicable SQL Developer window