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    copied!<p>This <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/newsLists/news.eclipse.tools/msg24184.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">thread (2002!)</a> has a good explanation for installed breakpoints</p> <blockquote> <p>Blue breakpoints mean that the breakpoint is not installed.<br> In older builds, a green icon means that the breakpoint was successfully installed.<br> <strong>An installed breakpoint means that the class has been loaded in the target VM and a breakpoint request has been successfully created at the desired location (for a line breakpoint) for the current debug target</strong>.</p> <p>In the current builds, an installed breakpoint is indicated with a small checkmark overlay icon on top of the blue "base" icon. <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/b4Vmc.png" alt="http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/images/org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui/ovr16/installed_ovr.png"></p> <p>A breakpoint may not been installed:</p> <ul> <li>when the class is not loaded (or not yet loaded)</li> <li>our breakpoint location verifier fails to identify a non-executable line of code and lets you place a breakpoint on that line.</li> <li>when you run instead of debug.</li> </ul> </blockquote> <hr> <p>As mentioned in <a href="http://dev.eclipse.org/viewsvn/index.cgi/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/concepts/cbrkpnts.htm?revision=1.31" rel="nofollow noreferrer">jdt documentation</a>:</p> <blockquote> <ul> <li>An enabled breakpoint causes a thread to suspend whenever the breakpoint is encountered. Enabled breakpoints are drawn with a blue circle <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/BmjwA.png" alt="http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/obj16/brkp_obj.png"> and have a checkmark overlay once successfully installed. A breakpoint can only be installed when the class the breakpoint is located in has been loaded by the VM.</li> <li>A disabled breakpoint will not cause threads to suspend. Disabled breakpoints are drawn with a white circle <img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/HL399.png" alt="http://help.eclipse.org/indigo/topic/org.eclipse.jdt.doc.user/images/org.eclipse.debug.ui/obj16/brkpd_obj.png">.</li> </ul> </blockquote>
 

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