Oracle SQL Developer - node "tables" missing from navigation pane

Question

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":

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.

Answer 1

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.

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