HI, first the IDE 2.0 overall looks great; and after all these years the 1.x was getting a little weird around the edges... lol. No complaints though, the Arduino IDE is more portable in a practical way that traditional *nix editor/make enviros... anyway...
I've become a very heavy user of the serial monitor. Most of my projects now include interactive tools (coded access to innards) and much runtime display data during development of "headless" embedded projects.
I critically rely on ability to use a large serial monitor for runtime output and often as a "datascope". Snapshot below of my current project, using 1.8.19.
The 2.0 serial monitor seems to suppress multiple white space -- eg. I can't draw crude graphics.
Data visualization is a critical thinking tool. It need not be complex; time series data with ASCII "thermometer" display accomplishes 90% of a logic analyzer for me.
Is there any chance of being able to split serial monitor into its own window?
And to stop the suppression of multiple white space? Just accept the crap I send to the monitor and display it, no matter how silly it seems?
Below is the same program running in the 2.0 serial monitor; white space has been deleted.
Hi @tomicdesu . Thanks for giving the Arduino IDE 2.0.0 release candidate a try and for providing your valuable feedback!
This request is being tracked by the Arduino IDE developers here:
opened 07:48PM - 29 Mar 21 UTC
type: enhancement
topic: code
topic: serial monitor
### Describe the request
Allow **Serial Monitor** to be placed in a dedicated w… indow separate from the primary Arduino IDE window.
🙂 It will be possible for the user to control the display location of the Serial Monitor separately from the primary Arduino IDE window according to their needs and preferences.
🙂 This will provide feature parity with the Arduino IDE 1.x Serial Monitor.
### Describe the current behavior
Serial Monitor is a view in the bottom panel of the primary Arduino IDE window.
🙁 It is not possible to move Serial Monitor to a separate screen in order to dedicate all space on the primary screen to the Arduino IDE editor.
### Arduino IDE version
#### Original report
2.0.0-beta.4
#### Last verified with
2.0.1-snapshot-32d904c
### Operating system
All
### Operating system version
Any
### Additional context
The requested "tear off" capability would probably make sense for other windows ("**Output**" view) too.
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#### Workaround
1. Select **File > New Sketch** from the Arduino IDE menus.
A new Arduino IDE window will open.
1. Select **Tools > Serial Monitor** from the Arduino IDE menus.
The "**Serial Monitor**" view will open in the bottom panel of the Arduino IDE window.
1. Hover the mouse pointer over the top border of the bottom panel.
The mouse pointer will change into a resize icon.
1. Click and drag the border up until it reaches its maximum height.
You can now use that Arduino IDE window solely for Serial Monitor, switching back to the other Arduino IDE window to do sketch editing, compile, upload, etc. operations just as you would do with the Arduino IDE 1.x Serial Monitor.
#### Additional requests
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-810073157
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-813597014
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-850550857
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-983961342
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1006024396
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1034829176
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1068087883
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1195300991
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1247730828
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1247930105
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1257039691
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1382677544
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1399304977
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/289#issuecomment-1399421191
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1799
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1268
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/755
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/2131
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/making-the-serial-console-a-dockable-screen-again/1079586
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-0-3-undocking-serial-monitor/1063170
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-usb-serial-terminal-issues/1049458/13
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-to-get-all-my-1-18-19-libraries-installed-in-2-0-1/1050248/3
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serialmonitor-74880-baud-rate-in-ide-2-0-1/1046886
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/windows-the-serial-monitor-window-needs-to-pop-out-please/1036538
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/using-v-2-0-serial-monitor-print/1034093
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-2-0-0-macos-unexpected-differences/1033549
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/2-0-keyboard-shortcuts-dont-work/1033105/11
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-2-0-0-available-for-download/1031651/17
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/1
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/3
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/4
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/15
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/changing-ide-fonts/1028827
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-issues-hopefully-fixed-before-release/1026548
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-seperate-window/1022661/1
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-seperate-window/1022661/2
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-seperate-window/1022661/5
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/automatic-build-external-screen-for-serial/1013958
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-with-new-ide/1010684/10
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-0-rc5-serial-monitor-problems/978293
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-characteristics-fail/943590
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-to-dock-serial-monitor/942477
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-to-dock-serial-monitor/942477/12
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/no-support-for-esp32-boards-manager-2-01/940115/5
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/first-impressions-and-comments/930873
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/missing-serial-monitor-and-serial-plotter/924262
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-2-0-has-too-many-problems/1100602
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-2-0-has-too-many-problems/1100602/13
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/missing-baud-rate-dropdown-v2-0-4-ide/1105972
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-2-04-stuck-in-splash-screen/1107587/11
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/16
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/17
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-double-window-problem/1112463
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/18
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-1-i-am-not-happy/1142471
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-serial-monitor/1146303
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-a-separate-window/1031455/26
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/i-miss-my-separate-serial-monitor-window/1163606
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/cannot-upload-to-ftdi-megas-only/1170683
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/your-reason-for-not-switching-to-the-2-x-ide/1176322
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/your-reason-for-not-switching-to-the-2-x-ide/1176322/23
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-in-separate-window-larger-font-etc/1204423
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/adios-ide-2-0-this-is-goodbye-forever/1031455/46
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/undock-serial-monitor/1237489
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-not-in-separate-window-now/1299502/4
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/feeback-on-latest-2-x-ide-w-win11/1333594
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/critical-flaws-in-v2-ide/1335245
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- https://twitter.com/DevReliefFred/status/1696610597171773571
- https://twitter.com/PaulStoffregen/status/1658089036685410305
### Issue checklist
- [X] I searched for previous requests in [the issue tracker](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues?q=)
- [X] I verified the feature was still missing when using the latest [nightly build](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide#nightly-builds)
- [X] My request contains all necessary details
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Cool thanks, and for the fast reply (post edited while you were replying, sorry!) I'll go look at the github issues.
system
July 4, 2022, 7:30pm
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