How to edit Char Sequence objects in net beans

In Net beans 8, during debugging (in my case, smali debugging), you cannot change char sequence variables, they are shown as read-only strings. An example of usage is Android text-elements (EditText) whose value is stored in Obj.mText.mText in a char sequence. The following screenshot, shows a Tree view, but you cannot change the field in table view either.

So, I tried do the same with Net beans 6.8 and I found that it let me edit char-sequence variables. After some research I figured out that in order to enable editing of those variables I need to disable the auto formatting. You do this in tools menu -> options and remove the V of Default Char sequence formatter:

Now it will not show the string, but an array of Chars that is editable:

Now we can edit, but we can still not see it as a string… I cannot accept stuff like that..

So I’ve created a new formatter which shows it nicely, but also allows editing:

Using this formatter, you can see it as a string (view only), but also edit the chars:

Good luck

Israel