DataTips With DataTips, you can explore variables while you're debugging and view debugging information in the code window—you don't have to open another window or select the appropriate object within the watch window. When you hover your mouse over a variable, a dynamic DataTip is displayed that you can expand to view information about the underlying generic type. If you are exploring a complex object such as a DataSet or an XML document, the expanded DataTip will let you access a visualizer for that object. This means that you don't have to leave the code window to view information that is available in the Quick View or watch window. DataTips now expand so you can drill down into information on variables