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Value of debug watch not shown immediately in PhpStorm


When I add element to the Debugger Watch in PhpStorm (using the Watches panel, not the Variables one) I can only see the var name but not the value. State change of "show value addresses" or adding the watch a second time shows me the values and let me inspect it but next time I use the debugger I need to do this steps again. I also tried checking the "show values inline" setting but still no success.

How can I configure my watch window to show watch values on switching to the windows without doing something else? (this worked when I installed PhpStorm and I have no idea what I have changed to affect this)

Snip of my debug value only showing var names:

debug watch


Solution

  • Somehow separating the watches window from the variables window did the trick for me - values are shown immediatly then. When i merge them in one window so i can tab between them it doesn't work. Not really what i wanted but i can work with this.