Hexadecimal view
For numerical variables of integer types, you can examine hexadecimal representation instead or alongside the original formatting. Hex view for integer types is available for both GDB and LLDB debuggers on all platforms, including the remote debug case and WSL.
Enable hexadecimal view
Invoke the Maintenance popup: press Ctrl+Alt+Shift+/, or call and search for Maintenance. Choose Experimental features.
Select the cidr.debugger.value.numberFormatting.hex checkbox:
Go to Show hex values for numbers. Choose to have hexadecimal values displayed instead or alongside the original values:
and set the checkbox
Now the hexadecimal formatting is shown both in the Variables pane of the Debug tool window and in the editor's inline variables view:
Last modified: 03 November 2021