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Visual Studio 2010 data tip for conditional statements

I just noticed an strange regression when debugging using vs.net 2010.

Suppose I have the following code:

int a = 1;
int b = 2;

if (a > b)
    ;

When debugging under visual studio 2008, if I mouse over the a variable, it would show me the value. The same for the variable b. The mind blowing feature to me was that if I mouse over the ">" operator, it would show me the result of the "a > b" expression. This is awesome!

The problem I'm having now is that it doesn't work anymore on visual studio 2010. Is this intended or is there any configuration I should do to make it work?

Thanks in advance for any hint.

Solution

  • It looks like the problem with Data Tips (hovering over expressions stuff) was fixed with SP1 in VS2010. Maybe you have an outdated version? I hope this helps: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/5e545b9d-36c4-45e4-8a65-b57b7dcadb24/visual-studio-2010-data-tips-are-broken?forum=debuggercanvas