When debugging in the old VS 2008with the program stopped at a breakpoint, I could hover over a variable, say a string, and the value of that string would appear in a little box by the mouse pointer. In visual studio 2010 beta 2 this doesn't appear to happen. Is it a feature that needs 'turning on' somehow?

I've tried debugging in 64 bit mode and x86 mode, neither works. Not found any other references to this from a google search.

Cheers.

Hi Richard,

Thanks for your posting!
As far as i know, data tip feature is also available in VS 2010 beta 2. I can use it under the default setting on my side.
But there is a known issue in this feature: if you zoomthe editor text to a value other than 100%, then data tip window won't show up.
I'm sure this issue will be fixed in the future.
You can consider posting it atVisual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Announcementsforumfor quick and better response!
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsprereleaseannouncements/threads
Thanks

Regards
Jeff Shan

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Hi Richard,

Thanks for your posting!
As far as i know, data tip feature is also available in VS 2010 beta 2. I can use it under the default setting on my side.
But there is a known issue in this feature: if you zoomthe editor text to a value other than 100%, then data tip window won't show up.
I'm sure this issue will be fixed in the future.
You can consider posting it atVisual Studio 2010 & .NET Framework 4 Beta 2 Announcementsforumfor quick and better response!
http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/vsprereleaseannouncements/threads
Thanks

Regards
Jeff Shan

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Please remember to mark the replies as answers if they help and unmark them if they provide no help.

Thank you very much! I had logged in to the forums to report that this seemed to be mysteriously working again today. But, your answer regarding thezoom thing explains it perfectly - I had zoomed in just a little the first time I used VS2010 as the default text size was a little small for my eyes, and it's working today with me at 100%.I'm sure I'll get used to it. Loving some of the other features, by the way!