How to debug on a property's set in Visual studio 2010? [duplicate]

Question

Let's say I have this property

public ISetting Setting { get; set; }

How can I get breakpoint at the set? So that the program will pause when something is setting a value.

I try to make it this way

public IDatabaseConnectionSetting ConnectionSetting { 
    get; 
    set;
}

And put the breakpoint on the set; line, but still it doesn't work. The red breakpoint highlighter highlights the whole property declaration

Answer 1

There's a better solution here: Can't set breakpoints on an auto-property setter ? Why?

Using Visual Studio 2008, 2010, 2012:

1. Go to the Breakpoint window

2. New->Break at Function…

3. For the get, type: ClassName.get_CurrentFramesize()

   For the set, type: ClassName.set_CurrentFramesize(int)

You'll get a "No Source Available" when the breakpoint is hit, but you'll get the calling >location in the call stack.

I found this solution here: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vsdebug/thread/b1dd0dc3-e9c1-402a-9c79-a5abf7f7286a

See also: Debugging automatic properties

Answer 2

Use a full property rather than autoproperty.

The shortcut is propfull

private ISetting setting;

public ISetting Setting 
{ 
    get 
    { 
        return setting; 
    }
    set 
    { 
        setting = value; 
    }
} 

To use the code-snippet shortcut, type propfull and then press TAB twice.