Visual Studio 2013 - Variable Value Window In Debugging

Question

I am a newbie programmer, and have Visual Studio Update 3 on my computer. I cannot find the window that displays the values of variables as I am debugging.

I have looked under the pull-down tab at the top entitled "Debug" and "Window", and cannot find anything. I do not know exactly what the window is called either. Please help.

Answer 1

If you're looking for the scoped local variable values or Autos: you must first have the debugger running, then goto: DEBUG => Windows => Autos and DEBUG => Windows => Locals

to actually see those values, you need to have a debug stopper in place and it get hit by the program.

Alternatively you can - while debugging - highlight a variable name and use the 'Quick Watch'

Answer 2

In the default layout, the Locals window will typically be visible in the lower left pane, but only while debugging is active.

Here you can see the debugger windows on the bottom. The left side shows current breakpoints while the right side is showing watched variables in the pane labeled Watch 1 . At the bottom you'll see other panes available to display in the lower left, specifically Call Stack , Command Window , etc. The one you want to see all in scope variables at a given breakpoint is Locals

If you have closed the locals window, or otherwise cannot find it, there is a way to re-open it through the Debug->Windows menu as pnm points out