The following How Tos will demonstrate common scenarios extending SQL Developers functionality.
All these How Tos have been developed using SQL Developer 1.5.1 which is freely available to download and use from OTN.

Please add your own How Tos and share the knowledge!

Introduction Examples

These examples will help you get started extending SQL Developer

• How To Create an XML User Defined Extension
• How To Create a Java Defined Extension

Real World Examples

These examples provide new, end to end functionality to SQL Developer.
Their source code is public and available in the download

• Tablespace Management : This extension provides tablespace management features for SQL Developer 1.5.1 .

Small Examples

These provide small examples of a specific operation. They do not provide complete, useful features, but are a handy resource.

XML User Defined Extensions Navigator Extensions How To add a new folder to the database navigator How To add a new node to the database navigator How To add a new sub folder/node to the database navigator Editor Extensions How To create an editor for a Node Action Extensions How To create an action (rc context) for a Navigator Node Report Extensions How to create a fancy database report

Java Defined Extensions XML Extensions and Java How To use XML extensions within your Java extension Editor Extensions How To create a custom editor for a Node Navigator Extensions How To create a muliselect nodes action Action Extensions How To create a toolbar button for an Editor How To create an action (rc context) for an Editor SQL Worksheet Extensions How To extend the SQL Worksheet How To add an action (rc context) for the SQL Worksheet How to add a toolbar button for the SQL Worksheet How To extend the Script Runner