immediate window

Question

Is there anyplace in the eclipse ide that I can enter immediate code while stoped at a breakpoint?

thanks

Muimuir

Answer 1

It's called the Display window in Eclipse. Menu Item: Window/Show View/Display

To run command you need to type then select the text in the display window and select one of the two J icons in the window.

Baucis

Is there an option to execute the input without opening the context menu? – Chinquapin

Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut to this J "execute" button? – Spare

I'd hit a breakpoint, but the buttons were grayed out - seems you have to highlight the text (mentioned above but I missed it) to run it. (Via https://mcmap.net/q/535820/-eclipse-the-icons-in-quot-display-view-quot-are-all-greyed-out) – Stapler

In Eclipse 2022-06, this window is called the Debug Shell. – Eulaeulachon

Answer 2

Note: as mentioned in Debugging with the Eclipse Platform, you can use the Display View to scrapbook your live code.

Meaning, while you have a live debug session:

, you can run/debug some expressions or code in a Display view:

Example:

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• To execute the code and display the returned value, push the button with a "J":
• If you just want to execute some code that doesn't return a value, push the button with an arrow ">" and a "J":

The standard output will be printed to the Console view.

Farouche