IDE 1.8 kept the serial monitor output after disconnecting the port. The current version clears the output when the port is disconnected. This is really annoying, as you cannot capture the output for later diagnostics.
Hi @StephenJD . Thanks for giving the beta phase Arduino IDE 2.x a try and providing this valuable feedback.
The issue is being tracked by the Arduino IDE developers here:
opened 03:46AM - 05 Jun 21 UTC
closed 01:10PM - 23 Dec 21 UTC
type: enhancement
conclusion: resolved
topic: code
topic: serial monitor
**Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.**
When removin… g a board that had its output displayed on the serial monitor, the serial monitor will clear and begin trying to repeatedly reconnect. For example, a user may want to analyse the output of an board without being bombarded with now messages, or where a board is a shared resource and serial output is used to get debug information that can be worked on while someone else uses the board.
**Describe the solution you'd like**
The serial monitor should not clear after the board is disconnected and instead. Also there should be an option to enable auto-reconnect to stop messages potentially blocking the serial monitor (similar to arduino/arduino-ide#314), and instead show a single message giving the user the option to begin the auto-reconnect process.
**Describe alternatives you've considered**
- Turning off auto-scroll allows the messages to be viewed but not highlighted or copied (#247, arduino/arduino-ide#167).
- Also, as this could be done in the original Arduino IDE, a user could have both installed and use 2.x for development and 1.x for the serial monitor though that would be extremely inconvenient.
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April 28, 2022, 11:43am
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