1582093 - It should be possible to add a Watchpoint from the Watch expression panel

Status: NEW

(DevTools :: Debugger, enhancement, P3)

Description

[Jan Honza Odvarko [:Honza] (always need-info? me)]

The user should be able to add a new Watch point from the Watch expressions panel. This would be useful for:

1. The user can set the BP when JS execution is currently resumed and there is no Scopes panel (in addition to do it from the Console panel)

2. It would also help to set Watchpoints for (e.g. global) objects that are not easily accessible in the Scopes panel (sometimes you might need to expand and scroll a lot, to get to the right prop).

Honza

Comment 1

[:Harald Kirschner :digitarald]

I assume this only works when the expression itself is a property? Seems like a rare case and hard to indicate.

It would also help to set Watchpoints for (e.g. global) objects that are not easily accessible in the Scopes panel (sometimes you might need to expand and scroll a lot, to get to the right prop).

Interactive inline preview would help with this as well.