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| Summary: | Cannot quickly run expressions from Debug Console | ||||||
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| Product: | [Eclipse Project] JDT | Reporter: | Ian Smith <iansmith> | ||||
| Component: | Debug | Assignee: | JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox> | ||||
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |||||
| Severity: | enhancement | ||||||
| Priority: | P3 | CC: | sarika.sinha | ||||
| Version: | 4.16 | ||||||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||||||
| Hardware: | PC | ||||||
| OS: | Windows 10 | ||||||
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In Eclipse you can run Expressions in many ways : 1. Use Debug Shell to write and execute the expression. 2. Use Expression view to add expression and enter 3. Use variables view and use the Display Section |
Created attachment 283535 [details] Screencast of IDEA behavior Overview: There is no quick way to execute one-line expressions in the Debug Console. An option to enable pressing ENTER to immediately execute an entered expression, with SHIFT + ENTER for creating a new line, should be added. Steps to reproduce: 1) Open an Eclipse project 2) Debug the project and open the Debug Console 3) Type some expression and hit enter Actual Results: A new line is created. Expected Results: The entered expression should execute and display the result. Shift + Enter could be used to make a new line instead. Build Date & Hardware Build 2020-06 on Windows 10 20H2 (Build 19042.330) Additional Information: IDEA has this behavior by default in its Evaluate Expression window. A screencast is attatched.