HOW do I turn off SQL Formatting for existing objects?

Question

SQL Developer's formatting does not match mine and is driving me mad.
My version is 2.1.1.64.
I create a view, I run it in a database, I look at in in SQL Developer ...
The SQL tab shows everything every which way.
I have tried all the options.
ALL I WANT is to see the code just as I ENTERED IT ...
Instead, I get all my column names in quotes (I HATE quotes!!!!!!!)
and it aligns things, no matter how I tell it to turn off stuff.
I want to see ...
create or replace view XYZ (Col1, col1, col3 ... coln) as
select a.yadda, zeda,
(select b.yadda_desc from somewhere where b.yadda=a.yadda) as col3,
something_else, ... more things as col N
from somewhere a
where something=true;
BUT INSTEAD I SEE THIS ...
create or replace view "schema"."XYZ" ("Col1", "col1", "col3" ... "coln") as
select a.yadda, zeda,
(select b.yadda_desc
from somewhere
where b.yadda=a.yadda
) as col2, something_else,
... more things as Col N
from somewhere a
where something=true;
and it insists on wrapping the columns and subselects and function calls in some willy-nilly way.
I just want it to stop .... no quotes, no schema, wrap the text the way I entered it.
How can I get it to do that?
Please help me, please ...

Answer 1

Hi
I'm having the exact same problem with SQL Dev 2.1.64
Don't recall this ever happening before, looked through all possible options/preferences and no luck.
I completely agree, this default formatting really gets on your nerves specially if your source is quite large and you need to preserve the code formatting in a very structured and clear way!.Anyone found out how to prevent this? im considering rolling back to one of the not so stable previous versions.
E.g... i compile it like this
SELECT DISTINCT
F.DEVICE,
SUBSTR(F.PROD_TYPE,1,6) B_TYPE,
F.INBOUND_BNR BNR_INBOUND,
F.COUNTRY_OF_ORIGIN
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT C.LOT AS LOT,
c.inbound_bnr AS inbound_bnr,
C.PROD_TYPE AS PROD_TYPE,
FROM (SELECT DISTINCT
A.TRANS_DATE AS TRANSD,
a.lot_number AS lot,
a.quantity_1 AS waf_qty,
and after compiling i get this
SELECT DISTINCT F.DEVICE DEVICE, -- ' ' DEVICE,
SUBSTR(F.PROD_TYPE,1,6) B_TYPE,
F.INBOUND_BNR BNR_INBOUND,
FROM
(SELECT DISTINCT C.LOT AS LOT,
C.WAF_QTY AS WAF_QTY,
c.die_qty AS die_qty,
FROM
(SELECT DISTINCT A.TRANS_DATE AS TRANSD,
a.lot_number AS lot,
a.quantity_1 AS waf_qty,
FROM sf_movem_move a,
(SELECT DISTINCT pred_bnr_1 AS labbnr,
PRED_BNR_1 AS INBB,
bnr AS outbb,
FAC