Is there a way to directly open Chrome's “dedicated devtools for node”?

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I use FireFox for my daily browsing; so the process of getting a Node inspector running is somewhat annoying:

Launch Chrome
Manually visit chrome://inspect, because it refuses to set a builtin page as the ‘homepage’
Click “Open dedicated DevTools for Node”
Close the original window after the Node devtools opens

This dedicated tools window is the only Chrome window I ever use. Is there any way to launch it from the command-line, or when Chrome opens?

Thanks!

Ultrasonic54321 · Answer 1 · 2018-09-28T16:07:40.220

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Have Chrome's homepage set to this: chrome-devtools://devtools/bundled/node_app.html

When Chrome opens, the dedicated node Devtools will automatically be opened, but not as a pop-up.

edited Sep 28 '18 at 16:07

answered Sep 28 '18 at 15:58

Ultrasonic54321

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Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to work — the manually-opened copy of the DevTools interface doesn't continuously and automatically detect and connect to Node debuggers, the way the built-in method does. )= – ELLIOTTCABLE Sep 28 '18 at 21:24
Have you tried using the connections tab? It might be a viable workaround. – Ultrasonic54321 Oct 01 '18 at 17:06
and i make chrome shortcut for that – pery mimon Oct 17 '19 at 16:08

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 15 '22 at 07:10

To add to Ultrasonic54321 answer. The prefix was changed from chrome-devtools to devtools only. See https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/devtools-protocol/issues/224 But playing around a bit with it, it does behave differently than the one open manually through the inspector.

Is there a way to directly open Chrome's “dedicated devtools for node”?

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