I have VSCode Windows and Microsoft Python extension installed.
By pressing F5, the IDE just executes my code immediately. I don't get the chance to choose if I want to run the code or to use debugging features like step-over or step-into. The debugging menu bar appears on top and disappears very quickly.
In some tutorial videos I see that pressing F5 actually brings up that menu bar. Then the developer has to choose to run the program or step it. I want the same thing.
Please assist.
so first you have to add a breakpoint in which the debugger will pause at the line of code. You can add the breakpoint by pressing f9 in the same line of the code. After that, you can press f5 to debug the code and later on press f10 to step over!
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In Xcode, when execution stops at a breakpoint, is there some way to skip some lines or go back? In other IDEs like Visual Studio, you can drag to the target line using mouse.
There is. To skip the breakpoint and go to the next one hit F6, to step into the code hit F5.
Here’s a full list of shortcuts for XCode: https://developer.apple.com/library/archive/documentation/IDEs/Conceptual/xcode_help-command_shortcuts/MenuCommands/MenuCommands014.html
I am working on a program and a lot of the buttons and menu items are dynamically created. Its especially hard to work on because I don't know where they are created and assigned to. It would help if I could start up the program via debugger, get to the menu, then switch to "line by line" style debugging like pressing F10, where the next line of code ran would break, and then press one of the buttons to get more info about it once the break happens. Is there any way I can do this in visual studio?
In Visual Studio, you have the Solution Explorer. There you see the Project files, they are under the top level Solution. If you right click on your main project, go to: Debug > Step Into New Instance.
If you work on a .NET application, you can use my Runtime Flow tool to see what code is executed when you select a menu item or press a button.
The closest way I could figure out how to do this is to go into Debug>Disable All Breakpoints and then when I get to where I need to be in the program go back and Enable All Breakpoints. Of course this only works if there is a large number of breakpoints in places in the program.
I've been working on a C# project and I don't know the program flow. I want to know all the executing codes in a particular flow. I can press the pause button to check current executing code, but to check entire flow, I need to keep on pressing F11 or next line, which is cumbersome. BTW, I got it from here
Find out what line of code my app is currently running in Visual Studio's debug mode
I would like to know is there any way in visual studio to check currently executing code without pausing or placing break points?
I often use the VS debugging breakpoint or debug menu options like "Step Into/Out" or use the pausing button.
But if you don't want to use them, the Runtime Flow tool is a workaround I know which can help you see code that is executed:
Find out which line will be executed in Visual Studio debug mode
A feature request for VS IDE:
https://visualstudio.uservoice.com/forums/121579-visual-studio-ide/suggestions/17332198-is-there-any-way-to-check-currently-executing-code
In VS2017, debug has a new feature called "Run execution to here", I know that it doesn't really meet your requirement, but it is a better workaround if you don't want to step Into debugging one step by one step. Move your mouse to the icon and click the button, now your code will run and stop on that line the next time it is hit in your code path.
If you want this ability at debug time then consider IntelliTrace
ReSharper has a Call Tracking feature that can display incoming and outgoing calls sequenced in an interactive, graphical tree view.
See if this helps.
The issue here is that there is code running but you don't know where and you want to see what is going on. A good example is the code is stuck in a loop somewhere but you don't know where.
To break-into the running code:
Option 1: Select the 'Debug' menu item, and then select the 'Break All' menu item.
Option 2: Press keys Ctrl+Alt+Break.
This will break into the code where it is executing and you will step into debugging just as if you hit a breakpoint.
Happy debugging!
Whilst debugging a console app in c# and VS2008, disassembly window appears uninvited.
I am debugging my code line by line using F11. I have break points set and it starts off well then after a call in a method to open database connection, the debugger opens disassembly window and stays there. I have right-clicked on disassembly tab and selected hide but the window pops again as soon as I hit F11.
How do I turn debugging in disassembly off permanently?
Go to Debug->Options and Settings, uncheck the box for Enable address-level debugging and that should do what you want.
You also may want to check Enable Just My Code if it is not checked.
Is there a way to prevent Visual studio to start the debugger when pressing F11? I often press it by mistake when I want to actually press F12.
I do not want to loose the functionality of Step-into which F11 provides but it is annoying when it starts the application.
This is for VS 2010, but it should be similar for others.
In Tools->Options, open Keyboard under Environment. Look up the command Debug.StepInfo. You can remove the default shortcut (F11 (Global)) and then just use the toolbar button to step into, or right click and "Step into specific"--which is what I do since it keeps the debugger from diving into STL functions if they're part of a line of code (as an example).
A hack-around that I use is to use the cancel build command after I accidentally hit F11. The default shortcut is ctrl+pause/break.
This doesn't stop F11 starting a build, but should stop it from running your program.
This is the suggestion on Microsoft's VS Community forum. Currently there is a suggestion from MSFT (I assume official MS dev?) that points to this free extension Tweaks:
Don't start debug on F10/F11 Inspired by the suggestion Please provide
a way to disable F10/F11 until debug mode is entered.
F10 (Step Over) and F11 (Step Into) are two commands people often hit
by accident. That starts a new debugging session and that can be
annoying if you didn't mean for that to happen. They should only take
effect during a debug session.
Install Resharper and Change the Key Short Settings