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Asked: 2026-05-16T10:42:28+00:00

I’m writing a little developer tool which will (among other things) display exceptions thrown

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I’m writing a little developer tool which will (among other things) display exceptions thrown from the code that the tool is currently inspecting. Since it is a developer tool I would like to display as much information about the exception as possible (at the least type, message, stack trace and a recursive InnerException) and do it in a way that is easy to comprehend and analyze.

Unfortunately I cannot think of a nice UI for this. Are there any good examples out there? I have access to DevExpress components if that helps.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Starting with the VS display, I’d look for:

    • omit null values (such as HelpLink == null, or InnerException==null)
    • Don’t nest InnerException, it’s basically a stack so represent it as such
    • In StackTrace, you could make the file name clickable (or at least easy to pick out and copy).
    • In StackTrace, Emphasizing the actual class and function name to make it stick out from the full namespace and signature garble.
    • Some more data reduction is possible, e.g. exception type displayed twice, but this takes careful handling not to swallow information either

    You could consider a HTML view, either making it interactive by catching clicks, or using javascript.

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