Visual Studio: See a MyList class, in Debug, as if it was a DataGrid

Question

I would like to use the DebuggerTypeProxy attribute to show, in Debug, a class using Datatable.

I try to better explain what I mean.

I can tell VS to show a class using another proxy class. So if I have a list I can tell him to visualize that list after putting all the data's in a Datatable. So I can use the standard DebugVisualizer for datatables.

Answer 1

There are a few ways to provide custom debugging visualization,

1. Use [DebuggerDisplay] attribute

   [DebuggerDisplay("Point {X}:{Y}")]

   public class Point

   { public int X {get;set;} public int Y {get;set;} }

2. use DebuggerBrowsableDisplay attribute and set the State property to DebuggerBrowsableState.RootHidden - it will alow you to show collections like you have already pressed +

3. DebuggerTypeProxy attribute - for any custom visualizer.

But personally i wouldnt bother with writing a custom visualizer for the problem that you are describing - there are already debugging products that can do it for you. You can download OzCode, VS extencion that is still free in its beta and use its Reveal feature:

http://o.oz-code.com/features#reveal

It seems to be exactly what you need :)