Any time a breakpoint is encountered, the IDE should "come to the front" of the 
screen.  When you click the "Continue" action, the debugee should be brought to the 
front.  

I think this would be a very useful enhancement, and especially necessary when 
debugging GUI's where user interaction is involved.   Not only is it not obvious 
which window represents where the 'driver' should be typing (as user or as 
debugger/developer), the extra click to regain focus is annoying.   There are
additional clues as to which state is the current one, but there are actually too many
it became confusing, especially when there are distractions and a disjointed debugging 
session ensues.

I'm sure as I debug more, I would develop a rhythm of where to look for my clues, 
but the focus of the debugger/debuggee seems to be the most intuitive and 
parallels what I have experienced in the past.

This is probably more or less of an annoyance depending on the particular breakpoint 
and GUI involved.  For an example, I was using the ColorPicker in the sampledir. I set
a breakpoint on greenSliderStateChanged.  One small slide in the GUI, generates 
multiple method breakpoints.  I had my debuggee window slightly overlapping my NB
MDI window
 
  
- Wendy Blatt