Right click with mouse to the left of code to add/remove breakpoints.
All gdb commands work from gdb window at bottom of screen.
When program crashes, first look at stack back-trace,by choosing
<menu>->Status->Backtrace.
To display data structures use display section, right-click on a
variable and choose display.
In display section, double click on a pointer to dereference it.
To have DDD detect the same object is being referenced from two places,
type Alt-a. Or <menu>->Data->Detect Aliases. In latest
version this is default behavior.
When debugging C++, to avoid stepping into STL functions, one
should normally use Next; use Step when you specificly want
to step into a function.