When a thread is suspended, the step controls can be used to step through the execution of the program line-by-line. If a breakpoint is encountered while performing a step operation, the execution will suspend at the breakpoint and the step operation is ended.
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Select a stack frame in the Debug view. The current line of execution in that stack frame is highlighted in the editor in the Debug perspective.
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Click the button (
) in the
Debug view toolbar, or press the F6 key. The currently selected line is executed
and suspends on the next executable line.
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Select a stack frame in the Debug view. The current line of execution in that stack frame is highlighted in the editor in the Debug perspective.
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Click the button (
) in the
Debug view toolbar, or press the F5 key. The next expression on the currently
selected line to be executed is invoked, and execution suspends at the next
executable line in the method that is invoked.
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Select a stack frame in the Debug view. The current line of execution in that stack frame is highlighted in the editor in the Debug perspective.
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Click the button (
) in the Debug view toolbar, or press the F7 key. Execution resumes until the next return
statement in the current subroutine is executed, and execution suspends on the
next executable line.