Bug 405829 - [visualizer] Multicore Visualizer Refresh button should do a full refresh of the canvas and model
Summary: [visualizer] Multicore Visualizer Refresh button should do a full refresh of ...
Status: NEW
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Product: CDT
Classification: Tools
Component: cdt-debug-dsf-gdb (show other bugs)
Version: 8.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Linux
: P3 enhancement (vote)
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Assignee: Project Inbox CLA
QA Contact: Jonah Graham CLA
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Reported: 2013-04-16 17:21 EDT by Marc Khouzam CLA
Modified: 2020-09-04 15:24 EDT (History)
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Description Marc Khouzam CLA 2013-04-16 17:21:53 EDT 
After discussing model re-creation as part of bug 399419, I got to thinking about the Refresh user action. Currently this action will just refresh the view
from the model.  I recommend we have this action fully refresh everything, including the model.

The reason is that if a user finds a problem with our model updating logic, the Refresh action will provide a quick workaround to clean things up.  Such a 'deep' refresh could be used only for the RefreshAction, so it won't be used often, so we don't have to worry about the cost too much.  

Having such a way to refresh a view has proven useful for other views such as the Variables, Expressions or even Debug view.  See below on how to enable these buttons:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/CDT/User/FAQ#Must_the_Debugging_views_refresh_automatically.3F