Overview
	Customizing the Main Window
	Customizing Specific Views
	Customizing How Help is Called
	See Also

Overview

Customizing the Main Window

• whether or not the WDB GUI prompts you if you really want to exit when you click Exit on the File menu
• the appearance and behavior of undocked views
• the maximum size of the Recent Files list and the Recent Sessions list on the File menu
• the size of your command line history

To add or delete the confirmation at exit

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Set the Confirm on exit check box. If it is checked, the WDB GUI will prompt you to confirm before you exit.
3. Click OK.

To modify the appearance and behavior of undocked views

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Use the Undocked Views are top-level windows check box to set whether undocked views are top-level windows or dialog boxes.
3. Use the Iconify all top-level window undocked views with main window check box to set whether undocked views are unmapped when the main window is iconified. This option is valid only if you have set undocked views to be top-level windows.
4. Click OK.

To set the size of the Recent files or Recent sessions list on the File menu

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Use the Recent files list, maximum size text box to limit the number of Recent Files list on the File menu.
3. Use the Recent sessions list, maximum size text box to limit the number of Recent Sessions list on the File menu.
4. Click OK.

To set the size of the command line history

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Use the Command line history, maximum size text box to limit the number of the command line history.
3. Click OK.

To set the number of previous filters and functions that are saved by the function browser

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Use the Maximum function match expressions listed text box to set the number of function filters saved. Use the Maximum recently browsed functions text box to set the number of functions saved, which were recently visited.
3. Click OK.

Customizing Specific Views

To display line numbers in the Source view

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Check the Display line numbers check box, to toggle the display of line numbers in the Source View.
3. Click OK.

To display parameters and values in the Call Stack View

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Check the Display parameters and values check box, to toggle the display of parameters and values in the Call Stack view.
3. Click OK.

To show integers, floating point, and/or special variable types in the Registers view

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Check the Integers check box, to toggle the display of integers in the Registers view.
3. Check the Floating point check box, to toggle the display of floating point numbers in the Registers view.
4. Check the Special check box, to toggle the display of special variables in the Registers view.
5. Click OK.

To automatically add the source path to the search path while setting breakpoints on a file

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Check the Automatically update source search path when breakpoints set check box, to toggle the addition of file's path automatically into the GUI's search path.
3. Click OK.

To display the entire contents of an expandable data structure in the Local/Watch/Quick Watch View on a single-click

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Select the General tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Check the Enhanced Array Browsing check box , to toggle the listing of entire contents of expandable structures in the Local/Watch/Quick watch view.
3. Click OK.

Customizing How Help is Called

To change the browser command

1. Click Preferences on the Edit menu. Then select the Help tab in the Debugger Preferences dialog box.
2. Edit the Browser Command text box.
3. Click OK.

See Also

• Debugger Preferences Dialog Box