# Debugging View

The Debugging View opens in the left pane of the IDE and displays a list of the threads in the current debugging session. The Debugging Vieww enables you to suspend and resume threads and view the sequence of calls made during the execution of the current thread. You can right-click threads and calls in the Debugging View to open a popup menu to perform actions on the item. You can use the toolbar at the bottom of the window to modify the displayed threads.

Icons

The Debugging View displays the following thread icons:

Element | Description
--- | ---
| Indicates a thread that is running
| Indicates a thread suspended by hitting a breakpoint
| Indicates a suspended thread
| Indicates a thread group where all threads are running
| Indicates a thread group where all threads are suspended
| Indicates a thread group with running and suspended threads
| Indicates a call stack frame
| Indicates a call stack frame group

Debugging View Toolbar

The Debugging View window has a toolbar at the bottom with the following buttons for modifying how threads and calls are displayed in the window.

Element | Description
--- | ---
| Show thread groups
| Shows or hides the controls for suspending and resuming threads
| Show system threads
| Show suspended and current threads only
| Show monitors
| Show qualified names
| Sort by suspended/resumed state
| Sort by name
| Sort by default

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