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In CDB, columns in Watches shrink to 5 chars width

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oBFusCATed:
Inserting it from your hard drive won't work. You have to upload it to an image sharing site!

Does this problem happen the next time you start C::B?

mijewen:
Good thought!

I stopped and restarted Code::blocks, and the issue was still present, but I have been putting my PC to sleep during periods of inactivity, and it had not been rebooted for a few weeks, so I shut down all programs and rebooted it, and the problem appears to be gone.

Thanks for the suggestion.  I should have tried that first (hangs head in shame).

oBFusCATed:
Wow, What? You've restarted C::B (not the debugging) and the problem reappeared right away?

FYI: This is known bug that it is extremely hard to trigger. So if you can find exact steps to reproduce it 100% of the time. Don't hesitate to share them.

mijewen:
OK - I know how to reproduce it - at least, on my PC - (Toshiba Tecra M5 laptop running Windows XP SP3; C::B 13.12;  unable to find GDB version)

1.  Open my project to display its C code (not C++)
2.  Set a break point using the mouse
3.  Press F8 to engage the debugger.  it stops at the breakpoint and the Watches window displays three columns, all about the same width (1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3)
4.  Manually resize the columns to be approx 1/4 + 1/4 + the rest
5.  Press Shift-F8 to kill the debugger.
6.  Press F8 to restart it.  The columns in the Watches window are 5 characters wide.

After this, the columns are narrow each time I start the debugger.  I have tried stretching them again manually, but I can't make them stick in the wide configuration.  Previous experience tells me I can correct it by rebooting.  There may be an easier way, but I don't know what it is.

Hope this works for your recreation if the issue.  Have fun!

mijewen:
If I bring up the debugger (F8) and resize the columns manually to approx 1/3 + 1/3 + 1/3, then kill the program by clicking the Windows "X" in the top right-hand corner of the screen (while the debugger is still displayed), then re-start C::B, and press F8 for the debugger, the columns come up at the width I had set them to.

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