在 Visual Studio 中观看 Window

Question

Is there a way to specify what members of an object to see in Watch Window without expanding the tree with all the properties. For example:

p = new Point(10,10) will display on the Value column in Watch: {X = 10 Y = 10} .

For my own classes it always displays: {MyNamespace.MyClass} or {MyNamespace.MyStruct} .

Could I change this in order to display: { MyStringProperty = "" MyIntProperty = 0... } ?

Answer 1

See Using DebuggerDisplay Attribute

If you have marked class by an attribute:

[DebuggerDisplay("x = {X} y = {Y}")]
public class MyClass
{
   public int X { get; private set; }
   public int Y { get; private set; }
}

Output appearing in the Value column of Watch window will be like following:

x = 5 y = 18

Answer 2

You could use BugAid (an add-on for Visual Studio), which lets you star the members you want to see without expanding the tree, without needing to stop debugging to recompile your code.

See example in the following screenshot:

Full disclosure : I am the co-creator of "BugAid".