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IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

By : Jaroslaw Krochmalski
Book Image

IntelliJ IDEA Essentials

By: Jaroslaw Krochmalski

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
IntelliJ IDEA Essentials
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Debugger actions


All of the actions available in the toolbars mimic the actions present in the Run menu during the debugging session. I believe that using the toolbars is more convenient than using the menu (apart from using keyboard shortcuts, of course). Let's take a look at them now.

The Debug toolbar contains actions to manage your debugging session. You can restart the debugging session by using the Ctrl + F5 (PC) or option + F5 (Mac) keyboard shortcut. If the session is stopped, this command will turn in to the Debug button, which will start the debugging session again, as shown here:

When an application is paused, you can click on the Resume Program button, or use the F9 (PC) or cmd + Option + R (Mac) keyboard shortcut, to resume the program execution, as shown here:

Click on the Pause button to suspend the execution and the Stop button to stop the debugging session, as shown here:

There is a useful button you can use to temporarily disable all the defined breakpoints: the Mute Breakpoints...