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Bug 246808

Summary:	Switch to Variables tab on breakpoint hit
Product:	debugger	Reporter:	pekarna <pekarna>
Component:	Java	Assignee:	Martin Entlicher <mentlicher>
Status:	NEW ---
Severity:	normal
Priority:	P3
Version:	8.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	All
Issue Type:	ENHANCEMENT	Exception Reporter:

Description pekarna 2014-09-01 22:33:36 UTC

With default windows layout, when starting debugging, Output, Variables, and Breakpoints tabs are in the same pane.
What pops up as the last thing when a program is debugged is Debugger Console.

If all goes well and the program reaches breakpoint, most users would probably appreciate seeing Variables above anything else. Debugger Console is only interesting if something wrong happens, like, breakpoint is not valid. Even in that case, user can switch to there and fix that, and then he's again interested more in Variables.

Hence I suggest to make the Variables tab to be the one that is shown when a breakpoint is hit.

Comment 1 Jiri Kovalsky 2014-09-02 05:19:28 UTC

Good idea however I would suggest to make the preferred tab configurable otherwise another group of people will file a new RFE to make other pane the default one. See issue #47929.