Bug 251728 - show values in value column in variable view
Summary: show values in value column in variable view
Status: NEW
Alias: None
Product: JDT
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Debug (show other bugs)
Version: 3.3.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux-GTK
: P3 enhancement (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: JDT-Debug-Inbox CLA
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Reported: 2008-10-22 11:43 EDT by Adam Kiezun CLA
Modified: 2008-10-22 11:58 EDT (History)
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Description Adam Kiezun CLA 2008-10-22 11:43:34 EDT 
3.3.2 (sic!)

In the variable view, the value column is ineffectively used space. The column shows things like "Expr (id=53)" etc, which is not useful information. To see anything actually useful, I must select the entry and look in the lower pane. 

I'd like to be able to see the lower-pane information right there in the table, in the value column (I know the info may not fit on one line but when it does it'd be great.) I'm wasting a lot of mouse clicks because of this GUI problem.
Comment 1 Darin Wright CLA 2008-10-22 11:52:20 EDT 
Preferences:

Java > Debug > Detail Formatters

See group "Show Variable Details (toString() value)"

Select "As the label for all variables"

Note: this causes a 'toString()' evaluation for each variable label (which can be slower), but it should do what you want.
Comment 2 Adam Kiezun CLA 2008-10-22 11:58:23 EDT 
excellent! exactly what I needed. 

Now that I know it, I even see that the pref page is linked from the view.
I wonder if it'd be possible to make this preference more available by somehow linking it directly (without pref page) from the context menu on the table (on the value column header maybe)