Locals window in VS Code debugger

[Bret Foreman]

My "Locals" window in my VS Code debugger is missing a couple of columns. Here's what it looks like in the MS tutorial (https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/debugger/getting-started-with-the-debugger-cpp?view=vs-2022)

Note the Value and Type columns.

Here's what it looks like in my VS Code SDK:

Note the missing columns. I guess it has something to do with my launch.json file, but that's a complicated beast. Does anyone know how I should edit the debugger config to get the missing Value and Type columns?

Here's my launch.json file:

{
    // Use IntelliSense to learn about possible attributes.
    // Hover to view descriptions of existing attributes.
    // For more information, visit: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=830387
    "version": "0.2.0",
    "configurations": [
        {
            "type": "nrf-connect",
            "request": "launch",
            "name": "Launch active build configuration",
            "config": "${activeConfig}",
            "runToEntryPoint": "main"
        }
    ]
}

I'm using SDK 

Here's the "about" screen from VS Code:

I'm using toolchain v2.3.0

[Kenneth]

Hello,

I did check internally and it seems it’s not entirely possible to do due to some limitation in VS code at the moment.

Kenneth

[Bret Foreman]

Understood. What is the recommended way to check the values of local variables if that feature is not available at the moment?

[Bret Foreman]

Any update on this? Without the ability to inspect variables, the VS Code debugger is essentially useless.

[Kenneth]

You should be able to view the local variables, see "nRF Connect for VS Code - Debugging" video:
https://www.nordicsemi.com/Products/Development-tools/nRF-Connect-for-VS-Code/Tutorials 

Though you need to check Enable debug options, see "nRF Connect for VS Code - Building an application" video.

Keneth