Webstorm include Chrome extension when debugging
Everytime I launch a Javascript debug instance in Webstorm, any Chrome extensions that I added to the last session are gone (such as the Redux DevTools). How do I have them persist?
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The IDE needs to pass the -
-remote-debugging-portoption to Chrome in order to attach a debugger; Chrome is started with a new fresh profile to ensure that no instances with the same user data are running so that the debug flag can be passed.You can set up Chrome to run with your user data, but, if you do this, you need to make sure that no instances that use this data are open when you start the debugger.
I see why it does that, but it seems like an oversight to not allow the configuration to include a set of specified extensions on launch.
Any plans to implement this sort of thing?
As I wrote above, you can already set up Chrome to start with your user data (extensions, preferences, etc.). The only problem is that if you do this, you need to ensure that no Chrome instances that use this data are running when starting the debug session.
I'm glad we are able to do that, it just seems a less optimal and, almost, clunky way to go about it for just having extensions. But I am glad to have it.
Thank you for your quick reply and help!