Disable a breakpoint to prevent it from affecting program execution. The disabled breakpoint remains at the source-code line at which you set it, so that you can enable it later. Disabling the breakpoint is easier than clearing it and re-creating it from scratch.
Figure 1 shows some source code and the selected line shows the breakpoint icon that appears in the marker bar when a breakpoint is disabled.
Figure 1 - Disabling breakpoints
or
The enabled breakpoint dot () changes to a disabled breakpoint dot (
). The disabled breakpoint dot indicates that the breakpoint does not halt program execution.
For more information on breakpoints, see C/C++ Development User Guide > Concepts > Debug > Breakpoints.