Can I control the number of digits displayed in debugger windows for float and double variables?

Question

In Visual Studio 2012, I\'m looking for a way to customize the default display of floating point types in the Autos, Locals, and Watch windows. I\'m familiar with the Native

Answer 1

The only way to do this that I know of is to write a native visualizer DLL. See this answer to the question "How to write a custom native visualizer DLL for Visual Studio 2012 debugger?".

I have successfully used that, and the sources linked in that answer, to write custom visualizers that display the floating point members of various types with the precision I want.