Using the Debug view

With the Debug view, you can manage the debugging of a program in the workbench. It displays all debug sessions. Each debug session contains threads and stack frames. The thread at the current execution point automatically expands and the top stack frame is selected.

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If the resource containing a selected thread is not open and/or active, the file opens in the editor and becomes active, focusing on the source with which the thread is associated and highlighting the source line that the program is about to execute.

You can have the properties of stacks and threads displayed in the Properties view, as follows:

Procedure

  1. Open the Properties view by choosing Window > Show View > Other and then selecting the Properties view from the set of General views.
  2. In the Debug view, go to the stack frame whose properties you want to view. If necessary, expand the thread nodes and use the scroll bars, Up and Down keys, or PageUp and PageDown keys to scroll the Debug view until the stack frame is visible.
  3. Select the stack frame to have its properties display in the Properties view.

Results

To display the current line of execution of a thread that has caused the debugger to stop (for example, the thread where a breakpoint was hit), right-click the debug target, thread, or stack frame, and choose Show Stopping Thread from the pop-up menu.

Depending on the language and platform that you are debugging, you can perform a variety of debug actions from the Debug view:


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