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Dart Dev Tools open in default browser, should open Chrome instead #1681
Description
Currently, the Dart Dev Tools are opened in the system's default browser.
Since the Dart Dev Tools only work inside the Chrome browser, the Dart extension should always launch Chrome, even if the system's default browser is not Chrome.
Alternatively, there should be a setting to select the browser to open the Dart Dev Tools. This would be useful if a user has multiple compatible browsers (like Chrome and Chromium) or use extensions to show web pages inside vscode (currently, the only known extension, browser-tab, is not suited to display the Dart Dev Tools).
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DanTup commentedon May 5, 2019
This work has been done (see #1505) and was intended to ship in the last version, but was delayed due to a bug. Everything has been resolved now and I expect this to ship in a patch this week. Sorry for the inconvenience!
This is something we've experimented a little with, but there are some restrictions on running arbitrary web pages inside Code (as well as some annoyances, like not being able to drag tabs out into other windows). There's an issue open at #1488 for these investigations.
edgarfroes commentedon Oct 16, 2020
So... DevTools now works in Safari, I haven't tested other browsers, but should we reconsiderar reverting this to what it was before?
DanTup commentedon Oct 16, 2020
@edgarfroes there's now a setting to control this (see https://dartcode.org/releases/v3-15/#devtools). Default is still Chrome as that still currently has the best experience, but you can change it to always use the default browser if you'd prefer.
yguel commentedon Nov 19, 2021
On version from: 11/1/2021, 17:30:05, with vscode 1.62.3-1637137107 on linux.
The option: Dart: Dev Tools Browser even set to "chrome" launch the default browser. In my case firefox.
DanTup commentedon Nov 22, 2021
@yguel if something isn't working, please file a new Issue rather than commenting on a Closed issue.
When Dart-Code falls back to the default browser, it should show a message "Dart DevTools was unable to launch Chrome so your default browser was launched instead" with a "Show Full Error" button. Please click "Show Full Error" and include that log in the new Issue you open. Thanks!