AL Navigator

Create variables like a boss and navigate through al files with awesome shortcuts.

Features

Create Variables

CodeAction for AL0118: Automatic local/global variable declaration of all your objects without having to use the var section!

Use the Quick Fix lamp (Ctrl + .) to add variables.

Example 1: Creating records, Code variable and a custom record.

Example 2: Creating complex types like enums, interfaces and dictionaries.

Example 3: Create variables using their short name. Use Temp at the beginning of the record name to make it temporary.

Example 4: Add a global variable when adding a new column to a data item in reports:

Shortcuts

• Ctrl + Alt + d: jump through data items in your .al report file

• Ctrl + Alt + g: jump to the last line of global var section (fast way to declare new variables)

• Ctrl + Alt + l: jump to last line of local var section (fast way to declare new variables)

• Ctrl + Alt + t: jump through all triggers in your .al file

• Ctrl + o + d: jump to the OnDeleteTrigger

• Ctrl + o + m: jump to the OnModifyTrigger

• Ctrl + o + i: jump to the OnInsertTrigger

• Ctrl + Alt + k: jump to the keys section in your .al file

• Ctrl + Alt + a: jump to next action in a page .al file

• Ctrl + Alt + j: jump through OnAfterGetRecord triggers in your .al file

Create Procedure Stub

Create procedure stub if procedure call does not exist yet.

UPDATE 04.05.2020: Seems like someone else decided to also build the same feature in a more stable way. Check out the extension "AL CodeActions" if you want to automatically create procedures in the future :-)

Requirements

AL Language
AZ AL Dev Tools/AL Code Outline

Thanks to

• David Feldhoff for his contributions and feedback
• Andrzej Zwierzchowski for providing such an awesome API for his AZ AL Dev Tools/AL Code Outline extension

Additional information

The functionality of this extension is constantly evolving. To not bloat this readme too much, you can find more detailed documentations and details on my blog (https://navinsights.net/category/al-navigator/).

Git Repository

https://github.com/wbrakowski/AL-Navigator

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