Is there anyplace in the eclipse ide that I can enter immediate code while stoped at a breakpoint?
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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.
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Is there an option to execute the input without opening the context menu? – Th 00 mÄ s Nov 29 '12 at 11:44
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Does anyone know the keyboard shortcut to this J "execute" button? – fedmich Feb 07 '14 at 05:05
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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 http://stackoverflow.com/a/2506767/845584) – PeterX Mar 03 '17 at 06:41
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In Eclipse 2022-06, this window is called the **Debug Shell**. – MikeOnline Jul 21 '22 at 21:09
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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:
- 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.
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