Show HN: Visual Studio extension that shows decimal and hex in the debugger

Category: devtools

Tags: visual-studio-extension, debugging, csharp, cpp, developer-tools

Score: 5.8/10 (Innovation: 4, Technical: 7, Documentation: 7, Utility: 5)

AlwaysHex is a Visual Studio extension that displays debugger variable values in both decimal and hexadecimal simultaneously, eliminating the need to toggle the 'Hexadecimal Display' setting. It works by intercepting the C/C++ expression evaluator and C# value formatter, and is notable for relying on undocumented Visual Studio debugger internals.

Target audience: developers using Visual Studio for C/C++ or C# who inspect numeric values in the debugger

Repository: https://github.com/JochenBaier/AlwaysHex · PowerShell · MIT

View on Hacker News