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| Summary: | Enhance usability of hover-on-var expression window | ||
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| Product: | debugger | Reporter: | NukemBy |
| Component: | Java | Assignee: | Martin Entlicher <mentlicher> |
| Status: | NEW --- | ||
| Severity: | normal | ||
| Priority: | P3 | ||
| Version: | 8.1 | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Windows XP | ||
| Issue Type: | ENHANCEMENT | Exception Reporter: | |
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Enhance_Hover_On_Var.png
Enhance_Hover_On_Var - maximizable.png |
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Created attachment 152188 [details]
Enhance_Hover_On_Var - maximizable.png
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Created attachment 152187 [details] Enhance_Hover_On_Var.png While debugging I'm rather frequently using window which appears when hovering mouse over some variable, however I see number of usability issues there. 1. The major one - it appears at some fixed position and is not resizable, i cannot make it larger to view content of huge list/dictionary easier. 2. It is not movable - it is not possible to re-arrange the window to see at once content of the debug window and part of the screen that is currently covered by the window 3. The last thing - it also relates to Watch/Varialbes pane - in some conditions it is better to present variables in simple tree view (not tabular view) - this way it is easier to view multiple lengthy expressions. See screenshots for more details.