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Basics

When a breakpoint is set, the editor displays a breakpoint icon in the gutter area to the left of the affected source code. A breakpoint icon denotes status of a breakpoint, and provides useful information about its type, location, and action.

The icons serve as convenient shortcuts for managing breakpoints. Clicking an icon removes the breakpoint. Successive use of Alt - click on an icon toggles its state between enabled and disabled. The settings of a breakpoint are shown in a tooltip when a mouse pointer hovers over a breakpoint icon in the gutter area of the editor.

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Breakpoint states and icons

The table below summarizes the possible breakpoint states:

StatusLine
JavaScript
Flex
Temporary LineExceptionMethodFieldDescription
Enabledimages/db_set_breakpoint.pngimages/breakpointTemporary.pngimages/exception_breakpoint.pngimages/method_breakpoint.pngimages/field_breakpoint.pngShown at design-time or during the debugging session when the class with such breakpoint is not yet loaded.
Validimages/verified_breakpoint.pngN/AN/Aimages/verified_method_breakpoint.pngimages/verified_field_breakpoint.pngShown at run-time when the breakpoint is recognized by the debugger as set on an executable code line.
Invalidimages/invalid_breakpoint.pngimages/invalid_breakpoint.pngN/Aimages/invalid_method_breakpoint.pngimages/invalid_field_breakpoint.pngShown when the breakpoint is set on a commented or non-executable line indicating that such breakpoint would not be hit.
Disabledimages/disabled_breakpoint.pngimages/disabled_breakpoint.pngimages/disabled_exception_breakpoint.pngimages/disabled_method_breakpoint.pngimages/disabled_field_breakpoint.pngIndicates that nothing happens when the breakpoint is hit.
Conditionally disabledimages/db_dep_line_breakpoint.pngimages/db_dep_line_breakpoint.pngimages/db_dep_exception_breakpoint.pngimages/db_dep_method_breakpoint.pngimages/db_dep_field_breakpoint.pngThis state is assigned to breakpoints when they depend on another breakpoint to be activated.

When the button images/debug_mute_breakpoints.png is pressed in the toolbar of the Debug tool window, all the breakpoints in a project are muted, and their icons become grey: images/muted_breakpoint.png.

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