Debugger variable inspector font too big
lazarus / 12-Debugger

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abarchman · 2017-03-20 05:27

When stepping though a program and using the cursor to view the value
of a variable, it works just fine except when an object is viewed. 
For example when hovering over a TListView object, the values of the
properties show up (yellow popup) and run off the bottom of the
screen.  If I want to scroll down to the "Width" or "Tag" values,
moving the cursor to the scrollbar that is present, the whole
inspector disappears.  I want to see more info on the screen at once. 

The font used is way too big for my taste.  How can I shrink the font
and use the scrollbars properly?

I am using Windows 7.

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Martin_fr · 2017-03-20 21:49

I dont know of any setting to change the font for the Hint.
(codetool/debugger hint).

On my version of windows, I can scroll it. I can enter the hint window
with the mouse, scroll, select and copy to clipboard....

Please note: the hint closes, if
- the mouse leaves the window (once the mouse was over the window
- if the mouse move away from the window.
  so when the hint opens, you must move the mouse in a straight line
towards the window, or it will close.
  It allows for a tiny amount of jitter. not sure how much that is on
high resolution.

I dont know if that ability to enter the hint with the mouse is broken
on newer versions of windows....

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In any case, you can use the watch (it has a hidden panel for large
content, such as structures, check the toolbar)  and inspect window to
see the info you are looking for.

http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Watch_list  (outdate /
the hidden panel button is missing, it should be next to the
propertiens)
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Variable_Inspector
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/IDE_Window:_Evaluate/Modify

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Martin_fr · 2017-03-21 22:41

Quote from: Martin_fr on March 20, 2017, 10:49:49 pmOn my version of
windows, I can scroll it. I can enter the hint window with the mouse,
scroll, select and copy to clipboard....

There may have been an issue in some releases
http://mantis.freepascal.org/view.php?id=0030077