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Bug 160823

Summary:	Debugger step / continue / etc. buttons hidden in full-screen mode
Product:	debugger	Reporter:	danmichaelson <danmichaelson>
Component:	Code	Assignee:	issues@debugger <issues>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	blocker
Priority:	P3
Version:	6.x
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description danmichaelson 2009-03-22 17:16:34 UTC

The debugger's step / continue / etc. buttons should be exposed in one of the debugger panels, not only in the main NetBeans toolbar; so that they are 
usable when NetBeans is in full-screen mode.

Comment 1 Martin Entlicher 2009-03-23 11:49:48 UTC

This is consistent with all other actions. Toolbars are hidden, therefore actions are accessible from the main menu or
via shortcuts. All important debugger actions have shortcuts.

Comment 2 danmichaelson 2009-03-23 12:32:27 UTC

True, but it wouldn't be inconsistent to additionally expose those buttons (small) in another place, such as in the Breakpoints window. This could be similar to 
the buttons to stop/start a server, which are exposed both in a toolbar (as the Run/Debug button) and in the Output window. To me the Step/Continue 
buttons provide such useful visual feedback (unlike e.g. the File toolbar buttons) that it's strange they can't be found just because I'm in full-screen mode.

See also #160824 for an alternate way to handle this issue.