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GDI Watch Plus

GDI Watch Plus

by KennyLiu

GDI Watch Plus is a Visual Studio debug watch window for native C++ GDI objects. Inspect handle metadata for pens, brushes, fonts, and device contexts. Preview bitmap content from HBITMAP, HICON, and

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2026.825.82308

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Aug 25, 2026

GDI Watch Plus is a Visual Studio debug watch window for native C++ GDI objects.

Inspect handle metadata for pens, brushes, fonts, and device contexts. Preview bitmap content from HBITMAP, HICON, and GDI+ Image/Bitmap types. Quickly understand live graphics state while stopped in the debugger.

Designed for practical diagnostics with a low-friction workflow in the Locals/Watch debugging experience.

Based on Microsoft Image Watch (MIT): https://github.com/microsoft/image-watch

Note: this is currently the first release, use at your own risk.

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