PR# 12509 Cannot display locals and arguments before current object

Problem Report Summary
Submitter: prestoat2000
Category: Debugger
Priority: Medium
Date: 2007/04/22
Class: Bug
Severity: Serious
Number: 12509
Release: 6.0.67948
Confidential: No
Status: Closed
Responsible:
Environment: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; SunOS i86pc; en-US; rv:1.8.1.2) Gecko/20070225 Firefox/2.0.0.2 Solaris 10 on x86
Synopsis: Cannot display locals and arguments before current object

Description
The new layout for the debugger (Current object first, following by arguments
and locals at the end) is a royal pain to use.  Typically, the objects in
our systems have many attributes, so when stepping into or through a routine
I have to constantly scroll to the end of the Objects window to see the
arguments and locals.

I couldn't find a way to bring back the old layout - the menu only shows
Grid: "Object tools left" with no Object Tools Right choice.  Can you bring
back the old layout as an option?  In addition, there should be a preference
that indicates whether arguments and locals go before or after Current object
if they are all displayed in the same window.
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											From:jfiat_es   
											Date:2007/05/02   
																							Status: Closed   
											
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Revision rev#68053 adds the possibility to place the locals, args, current, ... whereever you want in the objects tool's grid, defining your own order.
I hope this answers your need.

											
											
											

											
										

									

								

							

							
							

								

									
									
										

											

									
											From:jfiat_es   
											Date:2007/04/24   
																							Status: Analyzed   
											
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To move specific line  (Current, locals, arguments...) from a grid to another inside the objects tool panel, you need to click on the [v] black triangle pointing down in the tool's title toolbar.
This will popup a menu with 
  Object tool: left -> ...
  Object tool: right -> ...
Using the "right" you can select, for instance, "Current Object" and "Dropped References", to have the same layout as previous EiffelStudio's releases.

To be able to choose the order of the entries, this is in progress and should be available for 6.0 .