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### Context-Aware Watch Expressions

<details>
<summary>Contributors</summary>

- [Sougandh S](https://github.com/SougandhS)
</details>

Watch expressions created from the `Variables View` now correctly include their evaluation context.
Previously, creating a watch expression on a field under an object generated only the field name, which led to evaluation failures.
With this improvement, both the `Watch action` and `Drag and Drop` now generate fully qualified expressions,
for example `myobj.myfield`, ensuring they evaluate correctly for the current context.

![Watch Context](images/WatchExpressions.gif)


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