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  • J J.Hilk
    18 Oct 2024, 12:10

    @KK2022 for some reason the default was changed

    look for the tiny "View" button and enable breakpoints there again:
    5967af98-7612-4b87-a06a-4370cc7c003e-image.png

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    KK2022
    wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 12:14 last edited by
    #4

    @J-Hilk That is what's bugging me.
    The views button goes missing the moment debug mode is on.
    And it comes back when I am no more in debug mode.

    Without debug mode (Views button is visible)
    e99f6fa3-bc83-46ff-a9f8-32720fafe025-image.png

    With debug mode (that whole space is blank now)
    d3269c79-fa94-47ba-b4e0-876c59342815-image.png

    J 1 Reply Last reply 18 Oct 2024, 12:23
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    • K KK2022
      18 Oct 2024, 12:14

      @J-Hilk That is what's bugging me.
      The views button goes missing the moment debug mode is on.
      And it comes back when I am no more in debug mode.

      Without debug mode (Views button is visible)
      e99f6fa3-bc83-46ff-a9f8-32720fafe025-image.png

      With debug mode (that whole space is blank now)
      d3269c79-fa94-47ba-b4e0-876c59342815-image.png

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      JonB
      wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 12:23 last edited by
      #5

      @KK2022
      I am only Creator 13 and am Linux, not Windows/MSVC. But what about starting from View > Views > Reset to Default Layout? Maybe you have already done that though....

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      • J JonB
        18 Oct 2024, 12:23

        @KK2022
        I am only Creator 13 and am Linux, not Windows/MSVC. But what about starting from View > Views > Reset to Default Layout? Maybe you have already done that though....

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        KK2022
        wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 12:27 last edited by KK2022
        #6

        @JonB Yes, I tried resetting it to default. Unfortunately did not help.

        I just noticed something. This issue happens only when using MSVC kit. With MinGW I just tried and the debugger panel is visible.
        Akismet is flagging my post as spam. Can't attach an image.

        Edit: Image of MinGW Debug mode
        bc6b501d-d5e5-4203-8940-efe2b4b7bc10-image.png

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        • K KK2022
          18 Oct 2024, 12:27

          @JonB Yes, I tried resetting it to default. Unfortunately did not help.

          I just noticed something. This issue happens only when using MSVC kit. With MinGW I just tried and the debugger panel is visible.
          Akismet is flagging my post as spam. Can't attach an image.

          Edit: Image of MinGW Debug mode
          bc6b501d-d5e5-4203-8940-efe2b4b7bc10-image.png

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          JonB
          wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 12:33 last edited by
          #7

          @KK2022
          If the Creator version has "trouble" communicating with the MSVC/VS debugger maybe it would hide the panes because it cannot populate them correctly...?

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          • K KK2022
            18 Oct 2024, 12:27

            @JonB Yes, I tried resetting it to default. Unfortunately did not help.

            I just noticed something. This issue happens only when using MSVC kit. With MinGW I just tried and the debugger panel is visible.
            Akismet is flagging my post as spam. Can't attach an image.

            Edit: Image of MinGW Debug mode
            bc6b501d-d5e5-4203-8940-efe2b4b7bc10-image.png

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            J.Hilk
            Moderators
            wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 12:41 last edited by
            #8

            @KK2022 do you have cdb installed ?
            it's there for me in mcvc kit

            it should be here right in your black area....
            c6353e0c-a7ba-4333-932d-fac7d85fd323-image.png

            try disabling dark mode ?


            Be aware of the Qt Code of Conduct, when posting : https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct


            Q: What's that?
            A: It's blue light.
            Q: What does it do?
            A: It turns blue.

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            • J J.Hilk
              18 Oct 2024, 12:41

              @KK2022 do you have cdb installed ?
              it's there for me in mcvc kit

              it should be here right in your black area....
              c6353e0c-a7ba-4333-932d-fac7d85fd323-image.png

              try disabling dark mode ?

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              KK2022
              wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 13:07 last edited by KK2022
              #9

              @J-Hilk I just checked in the Qt Maintenance Tool. I have "CDB Debugger Support" installed.
              I just changed the theme to "Classic" and it looks like it doesn't help much unfortunately. It is still
              ba2f7ef3-7abf-4850-a140-737f65acf9ab-image.png

              It is still a blank space on "Classic" theme (Light Mode?!)
              bce50ee4-7423-4e34-ba38-6cc46ab2deff-image.png

              @JonB I think so too. I am not sure how to resolve this issue. I have a small project working with Bluetooth devices using a Windows PC. It looks like MSVC has better support for Bluetooth than MinGW. Trying my hand with MSVC now and I stumbled upon this debugger view issue.

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              • K KK2022
                18 Oct 2024, 13:07

                @J-Hilk I just checked in the Qt Maintenance Tool. I have "CDB Debugger Support" installed.
                I just changed the theme to "Classic" and it looks like it doesn't help much unfortunately. It is still
                ba2f7ef3-7abf-4850-a140-737f65acf9ab-image.png

                It is still a blank space on "Classic" theme (Light Mode?!)
                bce50ee4-7423-4e34-ba38-6cc46ab2deff-image.png

                @JonB I think so too. I am not sure how to resolve this issue. I have a small project working with Bluetooth devices using a Windows PC. It looks like MSVC has better support for Bluetooth than MinGW. Trying my hand with MSVC now and I stumbled upon this debugger view issue.

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                wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 13:10 last edited by
                #10

                @KK2022 I actually meant the debugger,
                same as MSVC compiler itself you'll need to install it via Microsoft. And its not even part of the default c++ installation, its part of the windows kits

                79e9e285-4de7-4e48-926b-c966c1267514-image.png


                Be aware of the Qt Code of Conduct, when posting : https://forum.qt.io/topic/113070/qt-code-of-conduct


                Q: What's that?
                A: It's blue light.
                Q: What does it do?
                A: It turns blue.

                K 1 Reply Last reply 18 Oct 2024, 14:17
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                • J J.Hilk
                  18 Oct 2024, 13:10

                  @KK2022 I actually meant the debugger,
                  same as MSVC compiler itself you'll need to install it via Microsoft. And its not even part of the default c++ installation, its part of the windows kits

                  79e9e285-4de7-4e48-926b-c966c1267514-image.png

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                  KK2022
                  wrote on 18 Oct 2024, 14:17 last edited by
                  #11

                  @J-Hilk It looks like I do have CDB installed on my PC.
                  4c23f089-1d0f-4820-a072-5eaca5479e92-image.png

                  These are the debuggers installed on my PC as per Qt.
                  7c38c353-f098-4751-b52c-b0b1c39bd365-image.png

                  It's not that I can't debug the project. I can still use the shortcuts like F5, F10... they still works.
                  It's just the whole debugger perspective panel goes blank during debugging. And I can't see how many breakpoints I have and where they are.
                  And I have the debugging options through the Menu Tab.
                  0cb29ff4-7acc-4a92-b248-0162fa243d8f-{D90325E3-818A-427E-92D2-7A0BB03D76C1}.png

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                    SimonSchroeder
                    wrote on 21 Oct 2024, 06:16 last edited by
                    #12

                    I don't know whats happening in your case. However, debugging MSVC on Windows is really slow inside Qt Creator. You are much better off using Visual Studio for that (I personally constantly switch between Qt Creator for editing (most of the time) and VS for debugging). Since you have a CMake project you can just open it up in VS. Don't forget to install the Qt debug helpers: https://wiki.qt.io/IDE_Debug_Helpers

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                    • S SimonSchroeder
                      21 Oct 2024, 06:16

                      I don't know whats happening in your case. However, debugging MSVC on Windows is really slow inside Qt Creator. You are much better off using Visual Studio for that (I personally constantly switch between Qt Creator for editing (most of the time) and VS for debugging). Since you have a CMake project you can just open it up in VS. Don't forget to install the Qt debug helpers: https://wiki.qt.io/IDE_Debug_Helpers

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                      KK2022
                      wrote on 21 Oct 2024, 16:58 last edited by
                      #13

                      @SimonSchroeder Thank you so much for the suggestion. I will try it out. Thank you.
                      Unfortunately with Qt Creator, I haven't found a solution. I tried reinstalling Qt completely. Nothing has changed. I hope we find a solution or maybe an update resolves this.

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