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When debugging XML, it’s a pain the butt to constantly click on the Text/XML visualizers in the Watch Window to see the full value of an XML string variable. The “Watch” windows in Visual Studio seem to be constrained to one line.
Is there a way to constantly “watch” the value of a multi-line variable when debugging? Doesn’t have to be in a watch window i suppose, but I want to see the value of an XML string, and the visualizer boxes are modal.
It’s not very pretty, but one way I have dealt with that is to put the string address in a memory window, which can show text characters. Open one of the memory windows from the Debug menu: Debug\Windows\Memory. You can then type in the address or the variable name or just double click on the variable and “drag” it up to the address field of the memory window.