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Introduction

You can add your own label to a variable, object, or watch and then reference it as if it were a local variable <label-name>_DebugLabel defined in the same context where the expression is evaluated. IntelliJ IDEA also displays these labels in suggestion pop-up lists for code completion in the Evaluate Expression dialog box.

Settings and removing labels

To set a label
  1. Select the desired watch in the list
  2. Select Mark Object on the context menu or press F3F11^ F2F11. The Select object label dialog box opens.
  3. Specify the label name.
  4. Click the Browse button browseButton.png to change the label color. Click OK when ready.

To remove a label, right-click the item and select Unmark Object on the context menu, or select the item in the list and press F3F11^ F2F11.