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Bug 217909

Summary:	Use "Expression evaluation" window for all debuggers.
Product:	debugger	Reporter:	scientific
Component:	Code	Assignee:	Martin Entlicher <mentlicher>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal	Keywords:	UI, USABILITY
Priority:	P3
Version:	7.2
Hardware:	PC
OS:	Windows 7
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:
Attachments:	Disabled Expression Evaluation menu item

Description scientific 2012-09-05 16:25:39 UTC

Created attachment 123962 [details]
Disabled Expression Evaluation menu item

Product Version: NetBeans IDE 7.2 (Build 201207171143)
Java: 1.6.0_34; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 20.9-b04
System: Windows 7 version 6.1 running on amd64; Cp1252; en_US (nb)
User directory: \\win.desy.de\home\walla\Application Data\NetBeans\7.2
Cache directory: C:\Users\walla\AppData\Local\NetBeans\Cache\7.2

The menu item of "Expression evaluation" under the menu Window - Debugging is always disabled although I stopped at a breakpoint and NetBeans waits for further user commands. In the "Debugging" window the current method is marked in bold text and the thread is displayed in the tree header. NetBeans therefore stops at the breakpoint but I am unable to evaluated any expressions by hand. The programming language of the application is Java.

Comment 1 Martin Entlicher 2012-09-07 15:01:34 UTC

This is an evaluation window from C/C++ debugger. This is why it's disabled.
Please use Debug -> Evaluate Expression... instead.

This needs to be made more UI consistent I guess. Therefore I'm leaving this opened as an UI issue.

Comment 2 scientific 2012-09-07 17:55:51 UTC

Thanks Martin!