From dc826d7817457203f6ec4c85b7d8662b3e3c276b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sougandhs <sougandh.s@ibm.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2026 07:05:18 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Initialize Step Filters button state from DebugUITools
 preference

see https://github.com/eclipse-jdt/eclipse.jdt.debug/issues/914
---
 debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/plugin.xml                          | 1 -
 .../internal/ui/commands/actions/ToggleStepFiltersAction.java  | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/plugin.xml b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/plugin.xml
index 70d4d67b5a6..4d7a47b9d50 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/plugin.xml
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/plugin.xml
@@ -329,7 +329,6 @@
                menubarPath="org.eclipse.ui.run/emptyStepGroup"
                toolbarPath="org.eclipse.debug.ui.main.toolbar/renderGroup"
                style="toggle"
-               state="false"
                initialEnabled="true">
          </action>
          <action
diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/commands/actions/ToggleStepFiltersAction.java b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/commands/actions/ToggleStepFiltersAction.java
index ac303de97c5..c1a74747408 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/commands/actions/ToggleStepFiltersAction.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.ui/ui/org/eclipse/debug/internal/ui/commands/actions/ToggleStepFiltersAction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*******************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 2006, 2013 IBM Corporation and others.
+ * Copyright (c) 2006, 2026 IBM Corporation and others.
  *
  * This program and the accompanying materials
  * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ protected void initState() {
 		if (node != null) {
 			node.addPreferenceChangeListener(this);
 		}
+		setChecked(DebugUITools.isUseStepFilters());
 	}
 
 	@Override

From b2ffdcff9e3466bc22c828f04c8e11bca39e6dfb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: sougandhs <sougandh.s@ibm.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2026 15:11:59 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update Stepfilter defaults

---
 .../eclipse/debug/internal/core/DebugPreferenceInitializer.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/internal/core/DebugPreferenceInitializer.java b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/internal/core/DebugPreferenceInitializer.java
index 8583601e199..6a86c52abc0 100644
--- a/debug/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/internal/core/DebugPreferenceInitializer.java
+++ b/debug/org.eclipse.debug.core/core/org/eclipse/debug/internal/core/DebugPreferenceInitializer.java
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ public class DebugPreferenceInitializer extends AbstractPreferenceInitializer {
 	@Override
 	public void initializeDefaultPreferences() {
 		// Step filter preferences
-		Preferences.setDefaultBoolean(DebugPlugin.getUniqueIdentifier(), StepFilterManager.PREF_USE_STEP_FILTERS, false);
+		Preferences.setDefaultBoolean(DebugPlugin.getUniqueIdentifier(), StepFilterManager.PREF_USE_STEP_FILTERS, true);
 		//launch configurations preferences
 		Preferences.setDefaultBoolean(DebugPlugin.getUniqueIdentifier(), DebugPlugin.PREF_DELETE_CONFIGS_ON_PROJECT_DELETE, false);
 		Preferences.setDefaultBoolean(DebugPlugin.getUniqueIdentifier(), IInternalDebugCoreConstants.PREF_ENABLE_STATUS_HANDLERS, true);