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What is this icon that appears in some fields?

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This is a strange question. Our SAP GUI was recently updated (finally) and one of the noticeable differences is this icon that appears in some fields. What is it?

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FrankKrauseGUI
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Hi Justin,

to which version was your GUI updated? It can't be one from the last few years...
I checked it in our code: In the year 2014 we replaced the "watermark" indicator that you see in your screenshot by something else.

To answer your question: The icon indicates that this is a field which supports typeahead (also called "Enhanced Search"). See for example this blog for more information: https://blogs.sap.com/2015/03/10/spotlight-on-the-enhanced-search-f4-help/

In the meanwhile the icon is no longer displayed within the field, but the F4 icon is adjusted for such fields and now shows a looking glass in addition to the previous symbol for fields which support enhanced search.

Best regards,
Frank

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