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I must have done something to my configuration because my SQL Developer is missing the "tables" node in the lefthand navigation tree -- note the absence of "Tables" as very first item, between the DB connection node and "Views":
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Where in SQL Developer can a user configure what nodes are displayed? I've tried googling for this but my keywords return a lot of irrelevant stuff so I might have missed if the answer was really there.

This is SQL Developer v4.0.

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    4.0.WhatExactly? I've seen this before, and it required a 're-install' to fix. I've not seen it happen in v4.0.3 or our 4.1 beta builds. Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 12:00
  • @thatjeffsmith Funny to see you respond here :-D -- I came across your excellent blog and posted a comment today. Anyway, this is on 4.0.3 and Mat has provided the correct solution already = I made a mistake. Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 12:21
  • Ha...well there was indeed a bug that would make JUST the tables node 'go away' - but I'm glad it was just your preference setting :) Commented Mar 9, 2015 at 12:32

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There is indeed a way to selectively disable some items in there, but you can't really do that accidentally - your installation might have corrupted itself somehow.

To unhide the "Table" item, go to Tools -> Preferences. Then expand the Database item and select Navigation Filter. If Tables is unchecked there, check it.

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You can disable the feature entirely from the same page (checkbox at the bottom of the UI).

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YES! Thank you, I must have messed with this setting recently, but I couldn't find it again in the Prefs.

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