Q1: Is there an option to display this like previous versions, in a seperate window?
Q2: I cannot now select all output with Ctrl+a. That always selects the code.
Q3: Why these spurious characters?
There is no support for a dedicated Serial Monitor window as it works in Arduino IDE 1.x. This is 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… window 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.
<a name="workaround"></a>
#### 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://www.facebook.com/official.arduino/posts/pfbid02x5KM54Gf7L56Tea79pLYVafrciYAGZrioedDVD6YFKEnJdsiNT3w6S2WinZtrAc9l?comment_id=1395510504579311
- https://www.facebook.com/official.arduino/posts/pfbid02qWaAtdLM6Hz43h7BRiYLg3yAoDz4HXRw28tLpgc4d1rszqG5gjbbumA21cLcS2Vcl?comment_id=996845494967736
- 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
Note the response by the then development team lead here :
it's definitely in our roadmap and at the top of the list.
We are giving maximum priorities to bugs that compromise the standard usage, next will come performance and UX improvements, like this issue with the monitor. We already designed the new one that is gonna be a separate window like the serial plotter.
What you can do is use File > New to open an additional Arduino IDE window, then use that window for Serial Monitor alone.
This bug is tracked by the Arduino IDE developers here:
opened 11:30PM - 05 Feb 22 UTC
topic: code
type: imperfection
topic: serial monitor
### Describe the problem
Let's say I have 1000 lines of debug output in the s… erial monitor window, how do I do a select all, such that I can copy it to the
clipboard?
With 1.8.19, I click the mouse into the monitor window and hit <kbd>**Ctrl**</kbd>+<kbd>**A**</kbd> and it selects all of the text. I can then hit <kbd>**Ctrl**</kbd>+<kbd>**C**</kbd>
to copy to clipboard.
### To reproduce
Run a sketch and try to select all of the text from Serial Monitor.
🐛 The contents of the sketch editor are selected when you press <kbd>**Ctrl**</kbd>+<kbd>**A**</kbd>:
### Expected behavior
I expected hitting <kbd>**Ctrl**</kbd>+<kbd>**A**</kbd> would select everything in that window not the source window.
### Arduino IDE version
#### Original report
Nightly build
#### Last verified with
9a6a457bc44fb16f646b9e61a9e8b336b3666412
### Operating system
Windows
### Operating system version
Not provided
### Additional context
And/Or alternative solution - context menu like for example TyCommander
---
Additional reports
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/899
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1817
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1654
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1918
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-of-the-serie-monitor-output/1056049/1
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-of-the-serie-monitor-output/1056049/5
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-copy-only-copied-the-visible-logs/1051846/1
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-copy-only-copied-the-visible-logs/1051846/4
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/using-v-2-0-serial-monitor-print/1034093
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-issues-hopefully-fixed-before-release/1026548
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-output-window-select-all-copy/1024251
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/coping-multiple-lines-on-monitor-screen/1019346
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/text-selection-serial-monitor/1005262
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/upgrade-the-serial-monitor-for-better-function/980128
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/ide-2-0-copy-from-serial-monitor-limited/1078391
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/random-seed-does-not-deliver-random-numbers/1006762/10
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copying-from-serial-monitor/1071503/3
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-paste-data-from-the-serial-monitor/1041585/5
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-paste-data-from-the-serial-monitor/1041585/19
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-paste-data-from-the-serial-monitor/1041585/21
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-paste-data-from-the-serial-monitor/1041585/23
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-paste-data-from-the-serial-monitor/1041585/32
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-paste-data-from-the-serial-monitor/1041585/38
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/copy-paste-data-from-the-serial-monitor/1041585/39
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-2-0-3-serial-monitor-cant-use-cntrl-a-to-capture-everything/1095266
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/arduino-ide-serial-monitor-bug/1112653/7
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/why-does-click-into-serial-monitor-ctrl-a-mark-the-source-code/1128016
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/cannot-select-all-of-serial-data/1158236
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/how-can-i-copy-the-whole-content-of-the-serial-monitor/1168904/1
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/your-reason-for-not-switching-to-the-2-x-ide/1176322/47
#### Related
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1081
### Issue checklist
- [X] I searched for previous reports in [the issue tracker](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues?q=)
- [X] I verified the problem still occurs when using the latest [nightly build](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software#nightly-builds)
- [X] My report contains all necessary details
This bug is tracked by the Arduino IDE developers here:
It looks similar to this bug:
opened 02:10PM - 02 Nov 21 UTC
closed 08:01AM - 13 Dec 22 UTC
conclusion: resolved
topic: code
type: imperfection
topic: serial monitor
### Describe the problem
🐛 When Serial Monitor is used to display characters … past the ASCII range printed by a non-native USB board, corruption occurs at various non-fixed positions in the output.
### To reproduce
1. Upload a sketch that prints characters past the ASCII range to serial:
```cpp
void setup() {
Serial.begin(115200);
}
void loop() {
Serial.println("ASCII: !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~");
Serial.println("> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ");
delay(200);
}
```
1. Open Serial Monitor.
🐛 Some of the characters are replaced by `�`:
```text
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡��£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»��½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓ��ÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´��¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌ��ÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬��¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅ��ÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦��¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿��ÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×��ÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸��º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐ��ÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²��´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊ��ÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª��¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃ��ÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤��¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½��¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕ��×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶��¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎ��ÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯��±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈ��ÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨��ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁ��ÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙ��Û
```
### Expected behavior
All characters to be printed correctly by Serial Monitor all the time:
```
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
ASCII: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|}~
> ASCII: ¡¢£¤¥¦§¨©ª«¬®¯°±²³´µ¶·¸¹º»¼½¾¿ÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖ×ØÙÚÛ
```
### Arduino IDE version
#### Original report
2.0.0-beta.12-nightly.20211028
#### Last verified with
d6a4b0f (with [**serial-monitor** 0.11.0](https://github.com/arduino/serial-monitor/releases/tag/v0.11.0))
### Operating system
Windows
### Operating system version
10
### Additional context
I originally suspected the corruption might be caused by https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/375, but this bug persists even though that one has been resolved.
---
The delay duration has an influence on the position of the corruption and the manifestation is different from one board to another (less corruption on Leonardo and MKR, more on Nano Every).
---
The issue does not occur when using the Arduino IDE 1.8.19 Serial Monitor, even when the board is running the binary that produced the corrupted output in Arduino IDE 2.x (i.e., it's not related to the sketch having been compiled in Arduino IDE 2.x).
---
Originally reported at https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-difficulties-with-german-umlauts/870541
---
Additional reports:
- https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues/1405
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-difficulties-with-german-umlauts/870541/7
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-read-and-serial-available-are-working-not-as-expected-in-the-code/925823
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/using-v-2-0-serial-monitor-print/1034093
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/question-marks-in-serial-monitor/1023531
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-detect-interferes-with-sketch-on-promicro/1017659
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/degree-symbol-on-serial-monitor/1015370
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-produces-gibberish/950416/1
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-produces-gibberish/950416/15
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/serial-monitor-issues-with-arduino-due/975247
- https://forum.arduino.cc/t/test-ide-2-0-rc2-the-serial-port-is-garbled/935697
### Issue checklist
- [X] I searched for previous reports in [the issue tracker](https://github.com/arduino/arduino-ide/issues?q=)
- [X] I verified the problem still occurs when using the latest [nightly build](https://www.arduino.cc/en/software#nightly-builds)
- [X] My report contains all necessary details
That bug is specifically related to certain character sets (e.g, °). I don't know exactly what characters were corrupted there (though it appears it may have been "Sent Stack"?), so I can't say for sure whether it is the same bug.
Is there a periodicity to the occurrence of the spurious characters, or do they occur at random intervals?
If you have a GitHub
Thanks, appreciate the fast response.
Do like being able to switch themes without restarting the IDE. Although the new 'light' themes are lacking in contrast.
But big downside is the one you have high on the list: serial output in its own window. And I found 'Output' and 'Serial Monitor' odd labels to choose. Both are outputs, yes? Perhaps 'IDE Output' and 'Serial Output'?
Sorry, I couldn't reproduce those 'diamonds' today in any of the several sketches I tried.
A fresh point.:
Can I copy all my 1.8.19 libraries in
Where does the IDE expect to find them ?
Libraries are usually in the libraries folder of the sketchbook which is defined in the user Preferences
Where does the IDE expect to find them ?
In those two locations I gave.
In both versions sketches folder is
That looks like the default location
Could be related to Library updates - Install All
Quote:
What are the names of the libraries?
Did you install them? If yes, which method did you use to install them: "Library Manager", or "Add ZIP Library"?
Adafruit_BusIO
ptillisch:
Did you install them?
No!
It is very mysterious. I have been using a non-default sketchbook location ever since you made the initial report, doing quite a few different types of library installations during that time. The default sketchbook location is still empty.
For now, I suggest you just delete the unwanted libraries. Please let us know if you experience the problem again. I'll keep an eye out for other occurrences on my own system or reports from other users.
OK, thanks. One thing I’ll try is to avoid all use of V2 for a few days to see if more of these strange folders arise. Note that they go to my default /SKETCH folder. Then, if there have been no reoccurrences, I’ll use V2 in parallel for a while.
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