Inspect data using debugger windows in Visual Studio

You can open most debugger windows while you're debugging your program. To see a list of debugger windows, set a breakpoint and start debugging. When you hit the breakpoint and execution stops, choose Debug > Windows.

Window	Hotkey	See topic
Breakpoints	CTRL+ALT+B	Use Breakpoints
Exception Settings	CTRL+ALT+E	Manage Exceptions with the Debugger
Output	CTRL+ALT+O	Output Window
Watch	CTRL+ALT+W, (1, 2, 3, 4)	Watch and QuickWatch Windows
QuickWatch	SHIFT+F9	Watch and QuickWatch Windows
Autos	CTRL+ALT+V, A	Autos and Locals Windows
Locals	CTRL+ALT+V, L	Autos and Locals Windows
Call Stacks	CTRL+ALT+C	How to: Use the Call Stack Window
Immediate	CTRL+ALT+I	Immediate Window
Parallel Stacks	CTR:+SHIFT+D, S	Using the Parallel Stacks Window
Parallel Watch	CTR:+SHIFT+D, (1, 2, 3, 4)	Get started Debugging Multithreaded Applications
Threads	CTRL+ALT+H	Debug using the Threads Window
Modules	CTRL+ALT+U	How to: Use the Modules Window
GPU Threads	-	How to: Use the GPU Threads Window
Tasks	CTR:+SHIFT+D, K	Using the Tasks Window
Python Debug Interactive	SHIFT+ALT+I	Python Interactive REPL
Live Visual Tree	-	Inspect XAML properties while debugging
Live Property Explorer	-	Inspect XAML properties while debugging
Processes	CTRL+ALT+Z	Debug multithreaded applications
Memory	CTRL+ALT+M, (1, 2, 3, 4)	Memory Windows
Disassembly	CTRL+ALT+D	How to: Use the Disassembly Window
Registers	CTRL+ALT+G	How to: Use the Registers Window

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