Global Variables view

A new Global Variables view has been added.

To open the Global Variables view, click Window > Show View > Other... > Debug > Global Variables on the menu:

The view displays all global variables returned by -symbol-info-variables command for GDB versions of 9.1 or newer.

For older versions of GDB, the list is obtained using the info variables command.

On the first debug session the variables list will be empty. In subsequent debugging sessions the added variables will be remembered.

• To start monitoring the global variables press the Add button and a dialog containing all the known global variables will appear.
  
  
  
  
• Select the variables you want to monitor and click OK to add them to the view.
• When opening the add variables view, variables already monitored will be pre-selected.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Note: If you click on a variable you can see the information about it.
  
  
  
  
  
• If a variable's value has changed since the previous step, it will displayed in yellow.
  
  
  
  With the help of the buttons the user can manipulate the view.
  
  
  
  

Remove button deletes the current selection from the view. If nothing is selected the button is disabled.

Remove all button deletes all variables from the view.

Show Type Names button is used when the user does not want to see the variables as a table and selects from View Menu and deselects Show columns, then the view starts to look like this.

Note: If the user selects show types, the type in parentheses will also be shown.

Show logical structure button works the same as the one in Variables view.

Collapse all button will collapse all variables that have been expanded.

Add button allows the user to add global variables.

Show path in variable name button will add or remove path from the name.

To configure the Global Variables view, click the View Menu toolbar button. Use the Layout menu commands to configure the look of the Global Variables view.

The view supports both single and multi-core sessions. To switch from one context to another, it must be selected from the debug view.

Note: If you right-click on a variable, you will be able to Find a variable , Add Watchpoint and Watch expression.