# Listening for events about Breakpoints in IntelliJ Platform Plugin

**URL:** <https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/listening-for-events-about-breakpoints-in-intellij-platform-plugin/5015>\
**Category:** IntelliJ Platform\
**Created:** [September 6, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/listening-for-events-about-breakpoints-in-intellij-platform-plugin/5015 "2026-09-06T22:28:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![CliftonBoyd2007](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/platform.jetbrains.com/cliftonboyd2007/32/3084_2.png) [@CliftonBoyd2007](https://platform.jetbrains.com/u/CliftonBoyd2007)\
**Post date:** [September 6, 2026, 10:28pm UTC](https://platform.jetbrains.com/t/listening-for-events-about-breakpoints-in-intellij-platform-plugin/5015/1 "2026-09-06T22:28:07Z")

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Hello,

I am currently writing a plugin for InteliJ Idea, that–amongst other things–needs to be able to indicate to the user that a breakpoint has been created/removed (this plugin is geared towards blind and visually impaired users). I have implemented the BreakpointListener, but I need to be able to attach it to the BreakpointManager, but the method addBreakpointListener requires an XBreakpointType object, of which I do not know how to obtain, given that I do not need to create my own type of breakpoint. So my main questions are:

1. How can I obtain an XBreakpointType object?

2. Is there another way that this can be accomplished? If so, what would that be?

3. Can this be done in a way that is language-agnostic? My goal is that this works with all (or most) of the major JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ IDEA, Rider, CLion, PyCharm, etc).

4. If this cannot be done in a way that is language-agnostic, what can options are available?

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Have a nice day.