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Figure 169: A Tooltip
Displaying Variables
Displaying Variables
The Process Window Stack Frame Pane displays variables that are local to
the current stack frame. This pane doesn’t show the data for nonsimple
variables, such as pointers, arrays, and structures. To see this information,
you need to dive on the variable. This tells TotalView to display a Variable
Window that contains the variable’s data. For example, diving on an array
variable tells TotalView to display the entire contents of the array.
Dive on a variable by clicking your middle mouse button on it. If your mouse doesn’t
have three buttons, you can single- or double-click on an item.
If you place your mouse cursor over a variable or an expression, TotalView
displays its value in a tooltip window.
If TotalView cannot evaluate what you place your mouse over, it will display
some information. For example, if you place the mouse over a structure,
the tooltip tells you the kind of structure. In all cases, what you see is similar
to what you’d see if you placed the same information within the
Expression List Window.
If you dive on simple variables or registers, TotalView still brings up a Variable
Window; however, you will see some additional information about the
variable or register.
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