I have this GDB TUI/layout on. How do I return to the default GDB view?
I can't just restart GDB, because I have important backtrace on my hand and as long as I have these extra windows I can't scroll well on the basic view.
You can enter / leave the TUI mode with one of this combinations:
This is typically (no need to lift the Ctrl key):
Because of the bug Ulerich mentioned which breaks the mappings if you have vi
mode in your .inputrc
, I have requested a workaround here and Andrew Burgess replied that he had just submitted a well received patch to add:
tui enable
tui disable
So in future versions we should have commands as an alternative to the shortcuts.
I have later tested this on GDB 8.1 in Ubuntu 18.04 and it worked perfectly.
But then I saw the light and moved from TUI to GDB Dashboard which is simply more powerful and less buggy.
See also: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/8409540/how-to-close-layout-src-windows-in-gdb