@@ -1522,6 +1522,7 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
     debugMenu.add(item);
     item.setEnabled(false);
 
+    /*
     inspectorItem = Toolkit.newJMenuItem(Language.text("menu.debug.show_variables"), 'Y');
     inspectorItem.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
         public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
@@ -1530,6 +1531,7 @@ public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
       });
     debugMenu.add(inspectorItem);
     inspectorItem.setEnabled(false);
+    */
 
     /*
     item = new JMenuItem(Language.text("menu.debug.list_breakpoints"));
@@ -2188,10 +2190,12 @@ public void toggleDebug() {
       debugItem.setText(Language.text("menu.debug.enable"));
     }
 
-    // Hide the variable inspector if it's currently visible
-    if (!debugEnabled && inspector.isVisible()) {
-      toggleVariableInspector();
-    }
+//    // Hide the variable inspector if it's currently visible
+//    if (!debugEnabled && inspector.isVisible()) {
+//      toggleVariableInspector();
+//    }
+    inspector.setVisible(debugEnabled);
+
     /*
     if (enabled) {
       inspector.setFocusableWindowState(false); // to not get focus when set visible
@@ -2209,6 +2213,7 @@ public void toggleDebug() {
   }
 
 
+  /*
   public void toggleVariableInspector() {
     if (inspector.isVisible()) {
       inspectorItem.setText(Language.text("menu.debug.show_variables"));
@@ -2220,6 +2225,7 @@ public void toggleVariableInspector() {
 //      inspector.setFocusableWindowState(true); // allow to get focus again
     }
   }
+  */
 
 
 //  public void showVariableInspector() {
 
@@ -111,9 +111,15 @@ public VariableInspector(final JavaEditor editor) {
     getContentPane().add(box);
     pack();
 
-//    setLocation(editor.getX() + editor.getWidth() + HORIZONTAL_OFFSET,
-//                editor.getY() + VERTICAL_OFFSET);
-    setLocationRelativeTo(editor);
+    int x = editor.getX() + editor.getWidth() + HORIZONTAL_OFFSET;
+    if (x + getWidth() > getToolkit().getScreenSize().width) {
+      // If it doesn't fit on screen, place it inside the editor window,
+      // per the OS rules for window placement
+      setLocationRelativeTo(editor);
+    } else {
+      // If it'll fit, place it to the right of the editor window
+      setLocation(x, editor.getY() + VERTICAL_OFFSET);
+    }
 
     /*
     bgColor = mode.getColor("buttons.bgcolor");
 
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 0236 (3.0a9)
 X show screen dimensions in the Preferences window
 
-gui
+gui/pdex/debugger
 X implement the bottom half of the editor window
 X   editor window draws in stages (at least on OS X) on first view
 X   the console/bottom area stays white until an additional repaint?
 X   fixed these issues and replaced with footer
 X remove EditorLineStatus (we have line numbers)
-
-
-pdex/debugger
+X automatically show the variables window when debugging, hide when not
+X ctrl-y shortcut duplicated
+X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3298
 X remove "Experimental Mode: Yikes!" messages
 o NullPointerException in initiateToolTip()
 X   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3286
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ _ move Library to LibraryContribution and into contrib?
 
 gui
 _ click a line number to toggle breakpoint
-_ automatically show the variables window when debugging, hide when not
-_ ctrl-y shortcut duplicated
-_   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3298
 _ need active state for the butterfly
 _ finish the gui
 _   https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/3072