When investigating memory content, displaying hexadecimal values without leading zeros makes for messy (ragged-looking), difficult-to-read display. Given that a specific number of bits is selected for the display, leaving leading zeros in place ensures that values are more readable.
Should both have leading zeros and be fixed width font
That is indeed what I suggested in today's call. Goes hand-in-hand with some of the other display changes that are suggested for this window. I'll be linking up other tickets as needed.
2007-09-03 Zhao Shujing <pearly.zhao@oracle.com> * memory/MemoryWindow.java: Fixed #4617. Fixed bug with incorrect converting when memory value is negative. Add prefix zero to octal format.