Data Type Renderers in Intellij?
intellij-idea, java
Solution
For integral values (that is, neither floating-point values nor booleans), you can view them as a hexadecimal value by right-clicking on the primitive in the debugger, and selecting "View As" -> "Hex".
By default, the Data Type Renderer feature only works with objects, and the only realistic way to represent a primitive is either as its integral value or in hex, so I think this is a happy compromise.
Problem
Recent convert to Intellij. Eclipse has a feature in the debugger, "Primitive Display Options", which has the debugger render primitives in hex and ascii values. Since everything has been a breeze in Intellij so far, I figured this would be a no brainer, but after an hour and a number of non-functional data type renders later, I find myself ready to crawl back to eclipse. I made a few renderers that worked, but only for objects, so I can only conclude that renderers seem to not work for primitives. Can someone point me in the right direction here? Edit: I've seen the option to select hex in the default render, but I am hoping for something more than a solution that requires 2 clicks for every variable.