eclipse or Myeclipse Debug "Display" view does not show code assist

Question

About eclipse debug "Display" view

Display view allows you to manipulate live code in a scrapbook type fashion (see Figure 8). To manipulate a variable, simply type the name of the variable in the Display view, and you'll be greeted with a familiar content assist.

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/library/os-ecbug/

I have stopped at break point and used Display view for some code inspection and execution but I could not get the code assistance in the Display view. Although copy paste a code and executing it works ok.

Having code assist will be very helpful, I get the code assist when defining Breakpoint condition.

Regards, Rashid

Answer 1

I faced the same issue that all the debug tabs are lost and could not restore it via Windows > Show View > Variable/Display, it always remains disappear.

Now I just got things back by resetting the Debug perspective to get the Variable and Display tab back.

Answer 2

Does Ctrl+Space not get you content assist? It does for me. I don't think it's automatic unless you are trying to call a method on an object by typing the . after the object.