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About eclipse debug "Display" view

Display view allows you to manipulate live code in a scrapbook type fashion (see Figure 8). To manipulate a variable, simply type the name of the variable in the Display view, and you'll be greeted with a familiar content assist.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecbug/

I have stopped at break point and used Display view for some code inspection and execution but I could not get the code assistance in the Display view. Although copy paste a code and executing it works ok.

Having code assist will be very helpful, I get the code assist when defining Breakpoint condition.

Regards, Rashid

gprathour
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  • Eclipse thinks they fixed this bug in [2004](https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=61102), but it's still happening for me. – Noumenon Mar 02 '17 at 20:16

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Does Ctrl+Space not get you content assist? It does for me. I don't think it's automatic unless you are trying to call a method on an object by typing the . after the object.

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Tony Weddle
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  • So out of topic, it's about the display view that should display on Debug perspective, it's disappeared and can't get it back. It's not about auto complete during coding. – Osify Feb 05 '15 at 07:27
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    The point is moot, given the time difference, but I think you need to check the question again: "I have stopped at break point and used Display view for some code inspection and execution but I could not get the code assistance in the Display view." – Tony Weddle Feb 06 '15 at 08:03
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I faced the same issue that all the debug tabs are lost and could not restore it via Windows > Show View > Variable/Display, it always remains disappear.

Now I just got things back by resetting the Debug perspective to get the Variable and Display tab back.

Resetting Debug perspective to get missing tab

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