Expressions View

Data can be inspected in the Expressions View. You can inspect data from a scrapbook page, a stack frame of a suspended thread, and other places. The Expressions View opens automatically when an item is added to the view. Entries in the Expressions View can be selected to have more detailed information be displayed in the Detail Pane. When debugging a Java program, data that contains variables can be expanded to show the variables and the fields the variables contain.

The Expressions View. The detail pane is the area at the bottom of the view displaying text..

There are many commands available in the Expressions View:

• View Display Commands affect what data and variables are displayed and how they are presented.

• The Detail Pane has many commands available by right clicking on it.

• View Layout Commands affect how the detail pane is oriented.

• Other commands are listed below.

Variables View Commands

	Add Watch Expression	Allows you to add a watch expression.	Context menu
	All Instances	Opens a popup dialog displaying a list of all instances of the selected Java type. Your Java virtual machine must support instance retrieval.	Context menu
	All References	Opens a popup dialog displaying a list of all Java objects that have references to the selected variable. Your Java virtual machine must support reference retrieval.	Context menu
	Change Value...	Allows you to change the value for the underlying selected variable.	Context menu
	Collapse All	Collapses all the the currently expanded variables.	View action
	Copy Expressions	Copies the selected expressions and variables to the system clipboard.	Context menu
	Convert to Watch Expression	Converts the selected inspect expression to a corresponding watch expression.	Context menu
	Disable	Disables a currently enabled expression.	Context menu
	Edit Logical Structure	Allow you to edit the logical structure of the selected variable	Context menu
	Edit Watch Expression	Allows you to edit the currently selected expression.	Context menu
	Enable	Enables a currently disabled expression.	Context menu
	Find...	Opens the search dialog to find elements in the variables view.	Context menu
	Inspect	Creates a new inspect expression for the selected variable and adds it to the view.	Context menu
	Instance Breakpoints...	Allows you to filter existing breakpoints to the selected variable instance.	Context menu
	Java Preferences...	Opens several preference pages containing options that affect the view.	View action
	New Detail Formatter...	Allows you to create your own detail formatter for that type of variable.	Context menu
	Open Actual Type	Opens the actual type of the selected variable.	Context menu
	Open Actual Type Hierarchy	Opens the actual type hierarchy for the actual type of the selected variable.	Context menu
	Open Declared Type	Opens the declared type for the selected variable in a new editor.	Context menu
	Open Declared Type Hierarchy	Opens the type hierarchy for the declared type of the selected variable.	Context menu
	Reevaluate Expression	Reevaluates the currently selected expression.	Context menu
	Remove	Removes the currently selected expression(s) from the view.	Context menu and view action
	Remove All	Removes all of the expressions from the view.	Context menu and view action
	Select All	Selects all of the variables in the view.	Context menu
	Show Structure As...	Allows you to select a different formatter for showing the selected logical structure type variable.	Context menu
	Show Details As...	Allows you to select a different detail pane for showing detailed information about selected variables.	Context menu
	Toggle Watchpoint	Creates a new watchpoint on the currently selected field or removes the watchpoint if one already exists.	Context menu

Java views
Java perspectives
Scrapbook

Evaluating expressions
Suspending threads

Detail Pane
View Display Commands
View Layout Commands