There are a zillion posts out there that describe how to use DebuggerDisplayAttribute [http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.diagnostics.debuggerdisplayattribute.aspx] . They all say about the same thing: put property names and other expressions inside curly braces. Like this: [DebuggerDisplay("Name = {Name}, Value = {Value}")] public class AnyClass { // ... } Voilà!