Shortcut key to evaluate expression/variable in IntelliJ IDEA

By Atul Rai | Last Updated: November 8, 2021 Previous       Next

Alt + F8 is the shortcut key to evaluate expression/variable in the IntelliJ IDEA. You can only evaluate a expression/variable if the code/program is running in the Debug mode.

Step 1: Run your program in the Debug mode and add a breakpoint from where you want to evaluate the expression/variable of the program.

Step 2: Select the variable that you want evaluate and press Alt + F8 together from the keyboard.

Step 3: Click on the Evaluate button to see what’s inside of your variable.

Alternatively, you can also evaluate the expression by Selecting the variable, make a Right Click on it and click on the Evaluate Expression…

References

1. IntelliJ IDEA – public static void main shortcut
2. IntelliJ IDEA – System.out.println shortcut
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