Debugger. Stepping

Use this page to improve the debug stepping speed and specify the elements to be skipped while stepping.

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Item	Description
Always do smart step into	This option lets you automatically use Smart Step Into to choose a call to step into when you invoke Step Into `F7` in a line that contains multiple method calls.
Show already executed calls in 'Smart Step Into'	This option defines whether to allow Smart Step Into to step into nested calls that were already executed in the current debugger context. When this option is enabled, the executed calls appear with the execute again tags in the selector:

Item

Description

Always do smart step into

This option lets you automatically use Smart Step Into to choose a call to step into when you invoke Step Into F7 in a line that contains multiple method calls.

Show already executed calls in 'Smart Step Into'

This option defines whether to allow Smart Step Into to step into nested calls that were already executed in the current debugger context.

When this option is enabled, the executed calls appear with the execute again tags in the selector:

JetBrains Rider: Smart step into - stepping into selected call

05 October 2026