PR# 12048 Please improve the Debug | Tools menu

Problem Report Summary
Submitter: peter_gummer
Category: EiffelStudio
Priority: Medium
Date: 2007/02/10
Class: Feature Request
Severity: Non-critical
Number: 12048
Release: 6.0.6.6451
Confidential: No
Status: Closed
Responsible:
Environment: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.1) Gecko/20061204 Firefox/2.0.0.1
Synopsis: Please improve the Debug | Tools menu

Description
The Debug | Tools menu provdes "Call stack" and "Thread", but it isn't up to the higher standard set by the new design of the View | Tools menu.

1. Some windows are missing: Objects and Watch.

2. Why is Breakpoints under View | Tools instead of Debug | Tools?

3. There are no keyboard shortcuts.

4. Selecting the option doesn't set focus to the relevant window.

(By the way, my Watch window has disappeared somehow. The lack of a menu option for the Watch window means that I'm going to have to hack the registry to get it back.)
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											From:jfiat_es   
											Date:2007/02/18   
																							Status: Closed   
											
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I understand now, I first thought you were talking about the "debugging options" dialog.

So this issue is also fixed by recent changes made on the debug menu and tools to be more consistent with View | Tools menu.

I hope you will appreciate this new debug menu.

											
											
											

											
										

									

								

							

							
							

								

									
									
										

											

									
											From:peter_gummer   
											Date:2007/02/18   
											
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My fourth point ("Selecting the option doesn't set focus to the relevant window")  is demonstrated by these steps:

1. Start debugging a project.

2. Debug | Tools | Call stack (The Call Stack window disappears.)

3. Debug | Tools | Call stack (The Call Stack window reappears, but IT DOES NOT HAVE FOCUS.)

Focus remains in the Editor. This is inconsistent with the View | Tools menu, and very frustrating for users like me who prefer the keyboard to the mouse. Because there is no way to set focus to the Call Stack via the keyboard, in order to interact with it I first have to reach for the mouse and then click in it.

											
											
											

											
										

									

								

							

							
							

								

									
									
										

											

									
											From:jfiat_es   
											Date:2007/02/16   
																							Status: Analyzed   
											
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The 1,2,3 issues had been addressed with revision rev#66736
The Debug>Tools  menu is now complete and give correct access to the debugging tools. Even when specific tools are lost (hidden), you can restore then.

I didn't see what you meant in your point 4) , please, could you precise ?