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Add DebuggerDisplay Attribute

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  • C#

What: The DebuggerDisplay Attribute controls how an object, property, or field is displayed in the debugger variable windows.

When: You want to pin properties within the debugger programmatically in your code.

Why: Pinning properties allows you to quickly inspect objects by their properties by bubbling up that property to the top of the object's property list within the debugger.

How-to

  1. Place your cursor on either a type, delegate, property, or field.

  2. Press Ctrl+. to trigger the Quick Actions and Refactorings menu and select Add DebuggerDisplay attribute.

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  3. The DebuggerDisplay attribute will get added along with an auto method that returns the default ToString().

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