When you disable a breakpoint, it remains in the Breakpoints view. To have your program stop on a breakpoint that you have disabled, select and enable it. The advantage of disabling a breakpoint instead of deleting it is that you do not have to find the location in the source to set the breakpoint again. In addition, a disabled breakpoint saves any extra settings (such as type, location, condition, and frequency) that you may have made to the breakpoint.
Disabled breakpoints are indicated with a clear dot, while enabled breakpoints are indicated with a filled dot. When a breakpoint is disabled, you can choose Enable from its pop-up menu, and the Disable menu item is not available. When a breakpoint is enabled, you can choose Disable from its pop-up menu and not Enable.
You can enable or disable a single breakpoint from the Breakpoints view, as follows:
You can enable or disable a single line breakpoint from the editor, as follows: