Does anyone know how to quickly (like hot-key or toolbar click) hide everything but the active code window. Basically making it look like a text editor (menu,toolbar and text window). Then another hotkey or same one to bring it back to normal mode?

I think you're looking for Edit->Full Screen from the menu, or Ctrl+F11.

No that is not quite what I was looking to accomplish. The goal would be to see property/function list disappear as well and a nice add would be to NOT maximize the application.

The other problem with the method you mentioned is the poor implementation of the restore window button. So the developers chose to override the way Windows handles the restore so that the full screen mode is either your whole screen or nothing at all. Try it yourself, click the restore button and it only affects the MDI children not the application window.

Really works against the developer when you want to compare code listings using PL/SQL Developer as one tool and some other tool.

So since apparently this can not be done using the existing feature set, can I add this is an enhancement request?

Any other users want this feature?

I think the easiest solution would be to remove all the fancy window event handling on the restore button. That way the main application window could be resized as normal and the program base actually gets SMALLER.

I would be interested to see the tabs become detachable as well, which I think would also address the original request. Giving the ability to utilize my dual monitors more while running fewer instances of the tool.

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I have a client I am thinking about recommending this tool to. That would be 10 licenses, surely that is merit enough to implement this feature.

At my previous employer we had a 100-licences pack (with support) and it seemed to change nothing. Due to low support quality (as indicated by various devs) my current employer is rather leaning to using Oracle SQL Developer and PLD (or TOAD) only in cases where specific developers press on having it, hence only 5/10 license packs are bought (without support).