debug console not interactive

[pswenson]

Describe the bug
debug console does not allow interaction at breakpoint

To reproduce

1. set a breakpoint in a SAM project
2. launch debug config
3. when breakpoint is click >console

Expected behavior
the console should display an interactive prompt with the context of the breakpoint (all variables should be available)

see how interactive console should work here: https://www.jetbrains.com/help/pycharm/using-debug-console.html#actions

Screenshots

Your Environment

• OS: macos
• JetBrains' Product: pycharm
• JetBrains' Product Version: 2019.2
• Toolkit Version:1.16.210
• SAM CLI Version: 0.19.0
• JVM/Python Version: 3.7

[abrooksv]

Oh, I see what you are talking about. They changed the icon.

We do not support that today. You can emulate it today using the Evaluate Expression feature in the debugger tab though.

[pswenson]

Yep, expression editor is useful - but not as useful as the full console. Curious, is there a technical hurdle to supporting this or just hasn't been done?

[abrooksv]

I looked through the code, it isn't trivial to implement from my first glance. The entire debug console for python differs from the current console window and there is not a straight forward way to create it.