# F4/Describe **URL:** \ **Category:** Toad for Oracle & DevOps Toolkit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287 "2011-03-02T18:07:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2011, 6:07pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/1 "2011-03-02T18:07:10Z")
I make lots of use of the F4/Describe shortcut. Love it. In my 9.7 it would open a new window to display the info. If I did anything to make that happen, I don’t recall what it was. Nor can I find any mention of it in the 10.6 online help. I liked to drag that window to my second monitor for reference while I worked in the MOE in my first monitor. Seems 10.6 just opens another tab within the one Toad window. How do I enable that feature in 10.6? Thanks much, Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![HillbillyToad](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/hillbillytoad/32/190_2.png) [@HillbillyToad](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/HillbillyToad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/2 "2011-03-03T06:19:15Z")
On the DESC window, click the ‘Stay on Top’ control – that will make it a pop up window that you can drag to your 2nd monitor. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/3 "2011-03-03T10:08:29Z")
Ah, yes. I had turned that off. The Automation Designer popup kept coming up behind it and I’d be stuck. The AD popup was waiting for my response and I couldn’t “get there” to respond. I think now that I’ve finally told AD, “Never again” I should be able to re-enable “Stay on Top”. If you can resolve who should be on top when, I’d be glad to have the AD back again. Thanks much, Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Lerch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mark_lerch/32/33_2.png) [@Mark\_Lerch](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Mark_Lerch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/4 "2011-03-03T10:21:21Z")
do you mean this? If so, that’s more of a first time use window just letting people know which operations in Toad were accomplished with a ‘Toad Action’ and can therefore be recalled. Once people are aware that things like exporting grids can be run over again via the AD’s Action Recall I wouldn’t think it would be useful to keep using it. Having said that, I think I have an item in my ‘to do’ stack somewhere requesting the ability to turn this back on again, since right now once you dismiss it you can’t bring it back. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Lerch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mark_lerch/32/33_2.png) [@Mark\_Lerch](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Mark_Lerch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/5 "2011-03-03T10:21:21Z")
do you mean this? If so, that’s more of a first time use window just letting people know which operations in Toad were accomplished with a ‘Toad Action’ and can therefore be recalled. Once people are aware that things like exporting grids can be run over again via the AD’s Action Recall I wouldn’t think it would be useful to keep using it. Having said that, I think I have an item in my ‘to do’ stack somewhere requesting the ability to turn this back on again, since right now once you dismiss it you can’t bring it back. ![image002.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/5/531bafc5c4167b7c6a5339466429e3a4edfae14c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/6 "2011-03-03T10:28:29Z")
I do mean that. J The problem is not that it pops up, but that it pops up behind the “Stay on Top” window and thus I can’t get to it. I do not relish having to restart Toad every time I do an action that the AD has not recorded before. Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image002.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/5/531bafc5c4167b7c6a5339466429e3a4edfae14c.png) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 10:28am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/7 "2011-03-03T10:28:29Z")
I do mean that. J The problem is not that it pops up, but that it pops up behind the “Stay on Top” window and thus I can’t get to it. I do not relish having to restart Toad every time I do an action that the AD has not recorded before. Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Lerch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mark_lerch/32/33_2.png) [@Mark\_Lerch](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Mark_Lerch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/8 "2011-03-03T11:01:48Z")
I've set Describe windows to open "Stay on Top," perform an operation which uses an Action, and the AD dialog opens on top of the Stay on Top Describe window, where I can close it: ![image003.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/d/dfa34c9b69c3a8e6a5e1b996545b933509524949.png) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Lerch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mark_lerch/32/33_2.png) [@Mark\_Lerch](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Mark_Lerch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/9 "2011-03-03T11:01:48Z")
I’ve set Describe windows to open “Stay on Top,” perform an operation which uses an Action, and the AD dialog opens on top of the Stay on Top Describe window, where I can close it: ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/10 "2011-03-03T11:06:11Z")
Hmmm … Well thanks for looking into it. Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image003.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/d/dfa34c9b69c3a8e6a5e1b996545b933509524949.png) ---
**Author:** ![Guest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8dc957/32.png) [@Guest](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Guest)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/11 "2011-03-03T11:06:11Z")
Hmmm … Well thanks for looking into it. Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
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Oh dear, now that I’ve turned off “Stay on Top” I don’t see a way to turn it back on. Am I blind or just narrow minded? Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image003.png](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/d/dfa34c9b69c3a8e6a5e1b996545b933509524949.png) ---
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Oh dear, now that I’ve turned off “Stay on Top” I don’t see a way to turn it back on. Am I blind or just narrow minded? Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Lerch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/quest/user_avatar/forums.toadworld.com/mark_lerch/32/33_2.png) [@Mark\_Lerch](https://forums.toadworld.com/u/Mark_Lerch)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://forums.toadworld.com/t/f4-describe/10287/14 "2011-03-03T12:54:34Z")
there’s a “stay on top” checkbox on the dialog itself (not sure what version it was introduced), and in Toad Options, go to Schema Browser \> Describe windows, and you’ll find it there also ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
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It 10.6 it’s in Options -\> Windows. There’s a dropdown for “describe windows”. It was moved to Options -\> Schema Browser -\> Describe Windows for Toad 11. ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
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I think you’ve got me rolling again. Thanks much. Dan Daniel B Madvig Computer Technologies Northwestern College & Northwestern Media 3003 Snelling Ave. St. Paul, MN 55113 www.nwc.edu 651.631.5323 ![image001.jpeg](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/quest/original/2X/e/e116b4c84f27bd77fd3220f8a4f05f089f0a582f.jpeg) ---
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Hi, I recently face same issue. The solution to restore f4 function is below. 1)Go to Tools \>\> Options \>\> Environment \>\> Keyboard\>\> select view Menu in right side \>\>Show Object Details (selected) 1. Click on edit box "Assign keyboard shortcut" \>\> click F4 \>\> click Assign (enabled) 2. current shortcut will also show F4. 4)click on Apply\>\>OK. Done Thankyou