Objects listed on Left Hand Side (LHS)
Details on Right Hand Side (RHS)
Double-click an object to alter it.
Press <F4> on a selected object to open a describe window.
Right-click an object (or multiple objects) for other actions.
In tabbed or drop down mode, right-click on the column header to select additional columns/info.
Left-click a column header to sort.
Use the quickfilter
box to quickly find object names (for example, change to A* to see all
objects that start with an A).
This is the fastest way to filter since it does not run any queries
on the database.
Right-click quick filter to see recently used quick filters.
Click the funnel icon to do complex filtering.
Right-click the Schema drop down box to set a default schema for the current connection (or database).
Right-click to jump to the default schema or login schema for the current database.
Schema browser show too much and too confusing?
Too many
tabs? Click the Browser style
button on the right to customize the look of the LHS.
Right-clicking in the object type drop down and choose Configure to hide tabs.
Press <F12>
to hide the RHS completely. Clicking between objects on the LHS is faster.
You can
still get detailed info on any object by pressing <F4>.
Press <F12> again to
display the RHS.
Customize tabs for details - right-click in the row of tabs and select what stays visible.
<F4> describes any object mentioned in the RHS.
<Shift><F4> jumps to any object mentioned in the RHS.
Return to a recently viewed item - Click the arrow next to the hourglass.
To keep the history when Toad is restarted or adjust how many items are remembered, go to Options|Schema Browser|History.