Method and system for an adaptable user interface in a debugger

One disclosed embodiment is a method for adapting a user interface of a debugger to a given target where the method includes querying the target for target-specific information. For example, the target is queried by a debug core in the debugger to obtain target-specific information such as register groups, a register map, information about compound registers, memory address spaces, and memory blocks in the particular target being debugged. In this embodiment, the debugger interfaces with the target through various register and memory APIs. After the target-specific information is obtained by the debug core in the debugger, such information is transmitted to the user interface in the debugger. Thereafter, the user interface in the debugger adapts itself to the particular target being debugged and accommodates interfacing with a user by presenting information to the user corresponding to, for example, the particular register and memory configuration of the target being debugged.