Adding node.js core libraries to project are not saved

To add node.js core modules as a library to your project, you normally need to press Enable next to Node.js core library  in File | Settings | Languages & Frameworks | Node.js and NPM

Note that Node.js Core library is not shown in External Libraries in Project tool window

What I am trying todo is add the SOURCE code of node.js to the "external libraries".

This is exactly what enabling Node.js core library does - it adds all .js files from Node.js core-modules as a library to your project

Here is a screenshot BEFORE enabling Node.js core library, see that "external libraries" is empty:

And AFTER I enable it, where External Libraries is still empty:

Again, what I am trying to achieve is adding the node.js source code to the "External Libraries".

Thanks

As I wrote above, Node.js Core library is not shown in External Libraries.

If you like it being shown there, please vote for https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/WEB-19657

OK, so back to my original issue, if you check my original post you'll see that I am adding node.js source code MANUALLY to the external libraries, and I can see it, like any other library that I add MANUALLY to the external libraries. BUT UNLIKE any other external library, once I restart WebStorm, the node.js source (which I added manually) is gone, while other libraries (which I added manually) stays - why is that? If my description is not clear I can upload a short video...

Thanks.

can't recreate in 2017.1.3 - library is still there after IDE restart.

My steps:

- copied core-modules folder to some location on disk (so that they are not located in `~\.WebStorm2017.1\config\javascript\nodejs\` where Node.js Core library is stored

- added this folder as a new library

- restarted WebStorm

Ah, I add it directly from "~\.WebStorm2017.1...", should it be a problem?

It will likely behave like standard Node.js Core library then

Ok, made a test, if I copy the core-modules to some folder and add it then it survives a restart, but if I add it directly from "c:\users\xxx\.WebStorm2017.1\..." then it doesn't survive restart...

I'll leave that to you to decide whether it's a bug or not... :)