Enabling tool tip evaluation for variables

Tool tip evaluation of variables ("hover help for variables") provides you with a quick way to view the value of a variable in the Source pane. When you point at a variable in the Source pane, the variable is evaluated and its value displays in a manner similar to a tool tip. This feature is enabled by default when you first start the debugger.

To enable tool tip evaluation of a variable, select Source > Allow Tool Tip Evaluation from the menu bar.

A check mark appears next to the Allow Tool Tip Evaluation menu item when tool tip evaluation for variables is enabled.

To enable tool tip evaluation for variables as the default:

  1. Select File > Preferences from the main menu.
  2. Select Debug from the list of preferences to set.
  3. Select Allow Tool Tip Evaluation from the Debugger Defaults section.
  4. Click OK to enable the tool tip monitor and dismiss the dialog.

Note: Tool tip evaluation uses spaces and punctuation to parse source and, therefore, will only evaluate identifiers and not expressions. If you wish to evaluate more complicated expressions with tool tip, highlight the entire expression in the Source view and then position the mouse pointer to hover over the highlighted expression and see the evaluation.

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