Question Re: ADT (Eclipse) ABAP breadcrumb gets lost sometimes in Technology Q&A

ADT (Eclipse) ABAP breadcrumb gets lost sometimes

Sandra_Rossi — Fri, 10 Oct 2025 11:03:00 GMT

Today, my Eclipse ADT (2024-06) was showing a wrong breadcrumb (*) for ABAP code.

My problem, instead of displaying while > case > when > if as below

it started to display nothing, or displayed "case > when > if" but not "while", etc.

I installed Eclipse/ADT 2024-12, and I don't see the problem anymore.

How to solve with 2024-06?

Eclipse: 2024-06 (corresponding ADT version)

Backend version: 7.58

NB: for information, to toggle the breadcrumb off/on, select the breadcrumb icon from the tool bar or Alt+Shift+B (Getting Orientation in the Source Code Using Breadcrumbs | SAP Help Portal😞

Re: ADT (Eclipse) ABAP breadcrumb gets lost sometimes

Sandra_Rossi — Tue, 14 Jan 2025 08:55:10 GMT

I solved by closing the ABAP source code and reopening it (no need to restart Eclipse). I guess that when opening the source code, ADT starts the ABAP parsing from scratch to build the breadcrumb, while there's a buggy optimization if you change the same ABAP source code again and again without closing.

NB:

The actual bug was in the "Local types" tab of a class pool, so maybe switching between tabs of the same class pool could also solve the issue?
I saw the ADT bug in Eclipse 2024-06, but I feel it still exists in more recent versions. I have just installed 2024-12, so I will update the answer in a few weeks (or if I see the bug again).