Console in the Debug panel

The Debug Console displays color-coded information about sessions.

Configuring the Debug Console

Figure: Console configuration in the Debug panel

Screen capture of Console configuration in the Debug panel
Important:

The Debug panel is only available in debug mode (gdc -D).

From the Console section of the Debug panel, you can define which messages will appear in the Debug Console and the webview debugger:
  • Use the checkboxes to select the type of messages to display, for example, whether Errors or File transfer messages are displayed.
  • Use the sliding bar to set the verbosity level. The Toggle full debug verbosity switch alternates between the least verbose and most verbose settings. The labels separated by a dash provide the log level settings of the GBC in Universal Rendering mode. The Highest and High console log levels set the GBC in Debug log levels, and the Lowest and Low console log levels set the GBC in Info log level.
    Important:

    The slider affects the verbosity of the GBC in the webview debugger.

Viewing the Debug Console

When you have configured the Debug Console, click the Show button to open it.

Important:

The Debug Console is only available in Debug mode.

Figure: Debug Console's application-specific tab

The figure is a screenshot of the Genero Desktop Client Debug Console Application tab.
The Debug Console displays debug information, categorized by color:
  • Blue: What is sent by the GDC to the runtime system.
  • Black: What is received by GDC from the runtime system.
  • Green: Comments or other information.
  • Red: Error messages.

The Debug Console can help you to see the communication between the GDC and the runtime system. The first tab (Global) contains all communication threads. The communication threads are also reported individually, one tab for each application.

Select Stays on top to have the Debug Console stay in foreground and always be visible.

If Auto scrolling is selected, the log is forced to auto scroll to the end each time new content is received. When you open the Debug Console, Auto scrolling is selected by default.

When the Web Container category is checked, the UR tab displays Universal Rendering's JavaScript logs. While these logs do not use the color categorization of the other tabs, the reason for each log is clearly identified, as shown in the screenshot.
Figure: Debug Console's Universal Rendering tab

The figure is a screenshot of the Genero Desktop Client Debug Console Universal Rendering tab.

If an application with a WebComponent uses Native Rendering, the JavaScript console log is written to the GDC log and therefore is written to the corresponding application tab (1, 2, and so on).

Searching in the Debug Console

You can search within the Debug Console:
  • CTRL+F to search.
  • F3 to go to the next result.
  • SHIFT-F3 to go to the previous result.

When you use the search, auto scrolling is automatically disabled.