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Select some variable/expression in the Java editor, right click, select "New Watch..." from the popup menu, click OK. A new watch is created. The Watches tab should be brought into foreground. I would bet every user would like to see the value right away. Why requiring an extra click here?
I agree that this is annoying.
Fixed in trunk: /cvs/debuggercore/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/ui/actions/AddWatchAction.java,v <-- AddWatchAction.java new revision: 1.17; previous revision: 1.16 /cvs/debuggercore/src/org/netbeans/modules/debugger/ui/actions/ViewActions.java,v <-- ViewActions.java new revision: 1.4; previous revision: 1.3
Verified ... and Closing all issues resolved into NetBeans 6.7 and earlier.