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Bug 35533

Summary:	Display As item should be available for all variables even if it does nothing.
Product:	debugger	Reporter:	David-john Burrowes <davidjon>
Component:	Java	Assignee:	issues@debugger <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker	CC:	jrojcek
Priority:	P3	Keywords:	SIMPLEFIX, UI
Version:	3.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description David-john Burrowes 2003-08-21 00:45:02 UTC

As specified in:
http://ui.netbeans.org/docs/hi/debugger3.4/variables/index.html

The Display As menu item should be available for
all variables and watches, even if their display
format can't be changed.  The reason for this is
that it helps prevent the impression that the
"Display As" item only appears at random times. 
If it is always there, and just shows an item that
says "Normal" this both tells a user that it is
possible in some cases do other things, and if
they happen to see "Display As" in some cases,
they aren't left later on unable to remember were
they saw it earlier.

Comment 1 Martin Entlicher 2005-05-13 10:56:29 UTC

This can be easily implemented in NumericDisplayFilter.

Comment 2 Martin Entlicher 2005-12-12 19:16:37 UTC

I would like to hear the HIE opinion - should we really add unnecesary menu
items to most of the nodes just for the consistence?

Comment 3 jrojcek 2005-12-22 12:41:13 UTC

I assume that "Display As" is currently available for some variables. In that case it should be available for 
all variables for the reasons stated by David John.