`debugpy.showPythonInlineValues = False` not working

[TuRan-H]

I have set the configuration debug.inlineValues to auto.
But after i set the debugpy.showPythonInlineValues to False, the inline value still existing when debugging.
What i should do to disable the inline value when debug.inlineValues is Auto

[jocropsey]

I've got this same issue. With v2025.0.0 and newest pre-release version. "debugpy.showPythonInlineValues": false is only respected if you also set debug.inlineValues to off, not auto.

[eleanorjboyd]

I've got this same issue. With v2025.0.0 and newest pre-release version. "debugpy.showPythonInlineValues": false is only respected if you also set debug.inlineValues to off, not auto.

Thoughts on changing the design so "debugpy.showPythonInlineValues": falsesetsdebug.inlineValues` to off, if the second setting is not already set? @karthiknadig

[karthiknadig]

@eleanorjboyd We may need to internally respect debug.inlineValues setting. Rether than the other way around. I also think we may want to just get rid of this setting in favor of debug.inlineValues.

/cc @luabud @rchiodo

[eleanorjboyd]

yep fine getting rid of the setting in favor of the core one or just going with accepting both. Larger design decision needed so curious others input

[Andrej730]

As I understand this setting was added to test inline values (#410), when they were just added. Now it seems inline values are enabled by default and maybe they're no longer experimental and this settings can be removed to keep it simple?

If there would be requests from users to fine grain whether they want "inline debug values typically disabled, but enabled for Python specifically' or "enable all inline debug values except Python", it can always be returned later so then it would take effect when debug.inlineValues is set to auto.

[eleanorjboyd]

ah interesting- @connor4312 have you considered this feature on core? If not maybe @Andrej730 you can open a feature request there to gauge community interest- thanks!

[Andrej730]

I'm not really interested in the fine-graining setting, I'd much rather keep it simple - for me disabling inline values is only needed temporarily, just to get through the code that might crash if inline values will be updated, and debug.inlineValues works fine for this.

[connor4312]

The default value of debug.inlineValues: auto will show inline values if there an InlineValuesProvider available for the target language. This has been unchanged for several years, so if debugpy.showPythonInlineValues: false doesn't work I would guess that setting is not succesful in preventing Python's InlineValuesProvider from getting registered.

From my point of view though I don't think it's especially useful to have a separate debugpy.showPythonInlineValues setting, since if VS Code's debug.inlineValues is set to on then inline values will be shown anyway (just with built-in logic), and likewise if it's off it'll be off. Instead, if users want it, we could have allow language-specific settings for debug.inlineValues, though that's not something I've seen requested yet.

[eleanorjboyd]

I guess I phrased the ask wrong then- @Andrej730 what you are saying is a way to turn off inline values during debugging?