Adding breakpoints

 

Line breakpoints are set on an executable line of a program.

 

  1. In the editor area, open the file where you want to add the breakpoint.
  2. Directly to the left of the line where you want to add the breakpoint, open the marker bar (vertical ruler) pop-up menu and select Add Breakpoint.   You can also double-click on the marker bar next to the source code line.  A new breakpoint marker appears on the marker bar, directly to the left of the line where you added the breakpoint.  Also, the new breakpoint appears in the Breakpoints view list.

 

While the breakpoint is enabled, thread execution suspends before that line of code is executed.  The debugger selects the thread that has suspended and displays the stack frames on that thread's stack.  The line where the breakpoint was set is highlighted in the editor in the Debug perspective.

 

Related concepts

Breakpoints and watchpoints

General debugging support and Eclipse integration

 

Related tasks

Running and debugging

Breakpoints

Removing breakpoints

Enabling and disabling breakpoints

Setting method breakpoints

Setting watchpoints