microsoft / microsoft/vscode-cpptools
Disassembly View lacks a "Go To Address" function
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Description
Feature Request
Particularly when debugging suspicious jumps and/or function pointer assignments, it would be extremely helpful to be able to enter a memory address, and have the Disassembly View go to that memory address (and disassemble it if applicable).
Right now, you have to scroll manually. What's worse is that scrolling with the PageUp and PageDown keys does not behave well because it insists on snapping to boundaries of instructions and source snippets, and if a source snippet is particularly large (i.e. taller than the screen), then PageUp and PageDown don't work.
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Research direction
The issue names no implementation file, test, or entry point. Start by locating the Disassembly View in the vscode-cpptools extension and tracing how navigation and instruction rendering currently work. Done means users can enter a memory address and navigate to it, disassembling it when applicable, with the behavior covered by appropriate tests.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 42/100