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Bug 62998

Summary: add 'step filters' action to breakpoints view
Product: [Eclipse Project] JDT Reporter: John-Mason P. Shackelford <jpshack>
Component: DebugAssignee: JDT-Debug-Inbox <jdt-debug-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED INVALID QA Contact:
Severity: enhancement    
Priority: P3    
Version: 3.0   
Target Milestone: ---   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 2000   
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Description John-Mason P. Shackelford CLA 2004-05-19 12:27:29 EDT 
It would be helpful to new users (and a great convenience to frequent users) if
there were a button on the breakpoints view that would open the step filtering
preferences in the debug preferences. It is natural to edit step filters from
the break points view since this is the area we use to manage breakpoints.
Context menus on each breakpoint offer an option to edit the step filters
associated with a particular breakpoint, but where does the user set a filter to
apply to all of the breakpoints? A new user isn't likely to think of the
preferences right away, and for a vetran this means
window-->preferences-->java-->debug-->step filtering, 5 hops instead of one.
Comment 1 Darin Wright CLA 2004-05-19 12:32:31 EDT 
Breakpoint filters and step filters are mutually exclusive. Step filters are 
applied when steppting in code (i.e. keep stepping until out of a filtered 
area). Breakpoint filters are only applied to breakpoints.
Comment 2 Jared Burns CLA 2004-05-19 12:34:01 EDT 
Step filters don't have any explicit connection to breakpoints. They're related to stepping, which is 
performed in the Debug view. That's where you'll find the button to toggle step filters on and off. I 
agree, though, that the step filters page isn't easy to find. We should probably provide an action in the 
Debug view menu?
Comment 3 Darin Wright CLA 2004-05-19 12:41:05 EDT 
There are step filter actions in the debug view. You have to select a java 
stack frame, then you get:

* Edit Step Filters...
* Filter Type
* Filter Package