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# Object view

The second grid in the object tool gives information about Current object and dropped objects. By default, the first object in the object view is the object corresponding to the current stack element. However, it is possible to drop any object onto the object view to manage it. Whereas the object corresponding to the current stack element may change each time the application is stopped, objects that were manually added to the object view are kept. They are only discarded when the application exits, or when the remove object command is used.

All objects can be expanded to see the value of their attributes. They are also pickable, so that it is possible to drop them onto a an expression evaluator tool (alias Watch tool), or an editor to inspect the class the object belongs to. It is also possible to use the set slice size command with SPECIAL objects or NATIVE_ARRAY objects.

Tip: You can use the expression evaluator tools (alias watch tools) to have the same features with even more functionalities