[Feature Request]: Enable Direct Editing of Global Variables

[steradiant]

Description

Currently, changing the value of a global variable during debugging requires a cumbersome process:

1. Right-click the variable -> Add to Live Watch
2. In the Trace and Live View window, right-click the variable again -> Show in Memory Inspector
3. Enable periodic refresh and manually determine the variable’s size in bytes

This workflow is inefficient and error-prone. It would be highly beneficial to allow direct modification of global variables through the standard Watch Window while the target is running, similar to the functionality provided by other debuggers.

Is this request a Security Requirement?

• Yes

Priority

Medium

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[jreineckearm]

Thanks for raising this, @steradiant !
I agree that we need to enable assignment of values to watch expressions for both the built-in Watch and the Live Watch windows. At the very minimum while stopped (requires updates to CDT GDB Adapter).
The "while-running" part should be possible for the Live Watch window.
We need to double-check if we can achieve this also for the built-in Watch window. It internally requires a stack frame to be present which you normally don't have while running.