Yes, I'm referring to the code button. I'm mentioning a variable change tracker mostly because the code button doesn't seem to show the changes. On some games it doesn't show any changes, probably because they're packaged differently than it's trying to read. It seems pretty hit or miss.You're talking about the "code" button? This doesn't look only directly after the choice, but it tries to look ahead as far as possible. (normally this would mean it looks for code blocks until some other choice, a path or a jump is encountered)
I agree that a persistent, always-on variable changer can definitely be a little much. For major/known variables the watch panel is fine. But there's always games which flip a new boolean from false to true (to indicate a story bead, for instance) thirteen slides into a branching choice, and it would be nice to be able to keep track of those when they happen.