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Summary
Allow users to customize the notification message text via settings, with support for placeholder variables.
Motivation
Different developers have different preferences:
- Some want minimal: "BP Hit"
- Some want detailed: "Breakpoint triggered - time to check the debugger!"
- Some want context: "{file}:{line} - Breakpoint Hit"
Implementation
Add a settings field for custom message format with placeholder support.
Available Placeholders
Code context:
{file}- File name (e.g., "UserService.cs"){filepath}- Full file path{line}- Line number{method}- Method name{class}- Class/type name{namespace}- Namespace{project}- Project name
Breakpoint metadata:
{hitcount}- How many times this breakpoint has been hit this session{condition}- The condition expression (if conditional breakpoint){label}- User-assigned breakpoint label/name
Session/timing:
{time}- Current time (HH:mm:ss){elapsed}- Time since debug session started{delta}- Time since last breakpoint hit
Process/thread:
{process}- Process name{pid}- Process ID{thread}- Thread name or ID
Environment:
{solution}- Solution name{config}- Build configuration (Debug/Release){branch}- Current git branch
Default
Breakpoint Hit! (current behavior)
Example Custom Formats
{file}:{line}→ "UserService.cs:42"Breakpoint in {method}→ "Breakpoint in GetUserById"[{time}] BP: {file}:{line}→ "[14:32:05] BP: UserService.cs:42"[{branch}] {class}.{method}→ "[feature/auth] UserService.GetUserById"Hit #{hitcount}: {file}:{line}→ "Hit Welcome to VS-BreakpointNotifier Discussions! #3: UserService.cs:42"
Considerations
- Gracefully handle missing placeholder values (show empty string or placeholder name)
- Provide a reasonable default
- Works in combination with notification style toggle (MessageBox/Toast/Both)
- Depends on Show file and line number in breakpoint notification #5 for extracting contextual info
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