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Bug 230468 - Hint that Print Text field in Breakpoint Properties supports {=variable} expressions
Summary: Hint that Print Text field in Breakpoint Properties supports {=variable} expr...
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: debugger
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Java (show other bugs)
Version: 7.4
Hardware: All All
: P3 normal (vote)
Assignee: Martin Entlicher
URL:
Keywords: USABILITY
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Blocks:
 
Reported: 2013-05-29 15:37 UTC by Jaroslav Havlin
Modified: 2013-06-04 12:41 UTC (History)
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Description Jaroslav Havlin 2013-05-29 15:37:50 UTC 
Please add a tooltip or a label to the "Print Text" field in "Breakpoint Properties" dialog, so that it is instantly obvious that it is easy to print values of variables using {=expr} notation. Thank you.
Comment 1 Jiri Kovalsky 2013-05-30 05:14:14 UTC 
This is rather an enhancement than defect.
Comment 2 Martin Entlicher 2013-05-30 15:14:14 UTC 
I've talked about this with Jarda, I consider this more like a usability defect, since many users probably not notice that it's possible to print out values of variables and expressions when breakpoint is hit.
Comment 3 Martin Entlicher 2013-05-30 15:15:27 UTC 
Having the hint in a tooltip will improve the usability, at least.
Fixed by changeset:   255108:c917173c0ea4
http://hg.netbeans.org/core-main/rev/c917173c0ea4
Comment 4 Quality Engineering 2013-05-31 01:23:25 UTC 
Integrated into 'main-golden', will be available in build *201305302301* on http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/nightly/ (upload may still be in progress)
Changeset: http://hg.netbeans.org/main-golden/rev/c917173c0ea4
User: mentlicher@netbeans.org
Log: #230468: Mention that {=<expression>} can be used to print evaluated expressions.
Comment 5 Jiri Kovalsky 2013-06-04 12:41:02 UTC 
Product Version: NetBeans IDE Dev (Build 201306022301)
Java: 1.7.0_25; Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 23.25-b01
Runtime: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 1.7.0_25-b13
System: Linux version 3.0.0-12-generic running on amd64; UTF-8; cs_CZ (nb)
User directory: /home/cesilko/.netbeans/dev
Cache directory: /home/cesilko/.cache/netbeans/dev