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Bug 118416

Summary:	Usability problem of debugger heapwalking
Product:	debugger	Reporter:	Jiri Sedlacek <jis>
Component:	Java	Assignee:	Martin Entlicher <mentlicher>
Status:	CLOSED FIXED
Severity:	blocker	Keywords:	UI, USABILITY
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	DEFECT	Exception Reporter:
Bug Depends on:
Bug Blocks:	118421

Description Jiri Sedlacek 2007-10-10 17:20:23 UTC

If I understand correctly, showing instances from Loaded Classes window works correctly only if the debugged VM is
paused. However, there's no indication that the user should pause the VM before heapwalking, everything "seems" to work OK.

I believe this is a serious usability problem and should be addressed in the UI for example by displaying some
notification to pause the VM instead of opening Instances window.

Comment 1 Martin Entlicher 2007-10-10 18:28:39 UTC

The Instances window should be empty when debugger is running, with some description text and perhaps a Pause button.

Comment 2 Martin Entlicher 2007-10-12 13:52:10 UTC

An informational text is shown when the debugged application is not paused.

/shared/data/ccvs/repository/debuggerjpda/profiler/heapwalk/nbproject/project.xml,v  <--  project.xml
new revision: 1.6; previous revision: 1.5

/shared/data/ccvs/repository/debuggerjpda/profiler/heapwalk/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/jpda/heapwalk/actions/ClassesCountsViewAction.java,v
 <--  ClassesCountsViewAction.java
new revision: 1.4; previous revision: 1.3

/shared/data/ccvs/repository/debuggerjpda/profiler/heapwalk/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/jpda/heapwalk/views/Bundle.properties,v
 <--  Bundle.properties
new revision: 1.5; previous revision: 1.4

/shared/data/ccvs/repository/debuggerjpda/profiler/heapwalk/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/jpda/heapwalk/views/InstancesView.java,v
 <--  InstancesView.java
new revision: 1.9; previous revision: 1.8

Comment 3 Quality Engineering 2010-04-29 09:35:59 UTC

Verified ... and Closing all issues resolved into NetBeans 6.7 and earlier.