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Build ID: M20080221-1800 Steps To Reproduce: Debug an application, and look at the variables view. We get the choice of three layouts: - Variables only - Horizontal - Vertical What would be much better (and this applies to the JUnit view too), is to be able to move the two panes of the view independently, such that one can be tall and think, and one can be short and wide. Both Variables and JUnit views would benefit from this option, as they are a compromise in terms of having a long vertical list to select, and then seeing the associated variable data (or stack trace) confined to a pane with a size constrained by the width of the other pane. Practically, this could be implemented without a great upheaval. 1) Keep the 3 layout options 2) Add a view "Selected Variable" 3) Make the Selected Variable view listen to what is selected in the Variables view, and display that. The same approach could be taken with JUnit.
This would not be a trivial undertaking. The variables, expressions and registers views all use the detail pane. Eventually the memory view may use it as well. there are already a lot of views available in the debug perspective, and it is preferred not to add more. Also, there is a push for us to have multiple variables views each showing a different active debug context. A separate details view would add complexity. I won't close this request as I can see why it might be convenient for some users. However, there are no plans to do this in 3.x
