Global Settings Dialog

The Global Settings Dialog is displayed from the Edit menu in the Menu Bar. The debugger has the following Global Settings organized in the following tabs:

General

General JDebugTool settings:
Setting Description
Main Window Divisions The number of divisions (resizable panels) in the Main Window -- either six or four. Defaults to six if the screen is wide enough. The debugger must be restarted in order for this to take effect.
Font Size The font size to use in the GUI. Defaults to 12. The debugger must be restarted in order for this to take effect.
Help Viewer text Font Size The font size to use for the text in the Help Viewer. Defaults to 12. Display a new help topic in order for this to take effect.
Look and Feel The Look and Feel to use in the GUI. On Windows platforms defaults to the Windows Look and Feel. On non-Windows platforms defaults to the Look and Feel that Swing uses by default -- most probably the Java (Metal) Look and Feel. The debugger must be restarted in order for this to take effect.
Number of spaces to expand a tab character The number of spaces to expand tab characters that are displayed in the GUI, e.g. in the Source Windows. Defaults to 4.
Hint for the max. number of lines in a Tool Tip Hint for the maximum number of lines to display in a pop-up Tool Tip in the GUI. For example, the number of fields in an object, or the number of array elements, to display. Defaults to 20.
Hint for the max. number of lines in an Expression result Hint for the maximum number of lines of an expression result to display in the Expressions Panel in the GUI. For example, the number of fields in an object, or the number of array elements, to display. Defaults to 20.

Source

Source Panel settings:
Setting Description
Max. number of displayed Source Files The maximum number of source files to be displayed at one time in the Source Panel. Defaults to 10.
External Text Editor The command string to execute an External Text Editor in which to edit the top Java source file currently displayed in the Source Panel. In the command string, the string FILENAME will be automatically replaced by the full path name of the top displayed file. Also in the command string the string LINENUM if present will automatically be replaced by the current line number of the cursor in the top displayed file. The command string defaults to notepad FILENAME which serves as an example on MS Windows.
Do not colorize source files over Do not colorize source files over the specified number of lines long. This improves source file loading performance for large source files. Defaults to 10,000.

Events

Events Panel settings:
Setting Description
New events on top in Events Panel Display new events on top (the first row) in the Events Panel table. Defaults to false.
Max. number of events in Events Panel Maximum number of events to display in the Events Panel table. Older events are removed to make room for new events. Defaults to 100.
Clear Events Panel on new debug session If Clear Events on start is checked, then the Events Panel table will be cleared on the start of a new debug session (Run, Attach, Listen). Defaults to true.

Input/Output

Input/Output Panel settings:
Setting Description
Max. number of lines in Input/Output Panel Maximum number of lines to display in the Standard Input/Output Panel. Older lines are removed to make room for new lines. Defaults to 10,000.
Clear Input/Output Panel on Target Run If Clear Input/Output on Run is checked, then the Input/Output Panel text will be cleared on Target Run. Defaults to true.

Expressions

Expressions Panel settings:
Setting Description
Max. number of lines in Expressions Panel Maximum number of lines to display in the Expressions Panel. Older lines are removed to make room for new lines. Defaults to 10,000.
Clear Expressions Panel on new debug session If Clear Expressions on start is checked, then the Expressions Panel text will be cleared on the start of a new debug session (Run, Attach, Listen). Defaults to true.

Values

Value display settings:
Setting Description
Display ASCII characters for byte values If checked, additionally display the corresponding ASCII character values when displaying byte values. Defaults to false.
Display hex values for char values If checked, additionally display the corresponding hex values when displaying char values. Defaults to false.

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