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Hi right now if i have to many watches , it becomes difficult to search for one a watch i am interested in and seeing its value. I was wondering whether nb can add this... 1> Organize the watches accd to the java files they were added for. i.e i add 5 watches in class A and i add 5 watches in class B. nb can show the watches under respective classes. I feel it will be more easier to track. 2> The above approach if implemented will still NOT fully solve the main issue of finding one. Right now nb has a very nice way of searching for method in navigation window. Can this feature be extended to watch window also. i.e if i have 5 watches names obj in 5 classes, then once i start typeing ob (say for example) then nb shows me all the possible watches added... i.e here 5 watches minimum. Then if nb can allow the user to see the watch when user clicks on that from search list. 3> Third , it would be wonderful if nb can automcatically expand that watch which the user has chosen.(only first level is sufficient if it is deeply nested) 4> This is w.r.t adding watches. Many times by mistake i have added same watch. Can nb check whether the watch var is already present. If present, nb should automatically bring focus on that watch. ALSO , nb should automatically expand that watch(only first level is sufficient if it is deeply nested) I feel this is very nice feature to have. 5> Finally , if watch window does not have focus and user added a watch,nb does not bring focus back to watch window.I am not sure abt how nb behaves if watch window is closed by user and adds a watch. -swaroop belur