Compare two objects in Variable View

[laeubi]

Originally posted here:

• Compare two strings in debug view eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.debug#203

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One thing I recently missed was that I have a breakpoint where it stops and I have two strings in the variable view.

It would helpful to select two String variables (of course would also be usefull for List, Map, ... ) and choose from the context menu "Compare with each other" and then get a Diff-View

[mickaelistria]

I also get this need for "comparative debugging" often, but usually, comparing the variables from 2 different executions, 2 different frames or 2 different stacks in general. As a result, both values I want to compare are not shown in the Variables view simultaneously.
the trick I'm using, which is actually pretty easy and efficient, is to open another workbench window (Window > New Window) and to show the same debug perspective, and have 1 window focused on 1 stack frame and the other on another. Then I see the variables from the different frames and can easily compare them.