1325461 - FF52: "blackbox this script" button is missing in debugger UI

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(DevTools :: Debugger, defect, P2)

Description

[Alex Vincent [:WeirdAl]]

[Tracking Requested - why for this release]:

I've gotten used to having the blackbox feature around for skipping over files that I don't care to debug, particularly in code I wrote.  In the current Aurora build of FF52 (and for the last couple weeks), I've noticed that blackbox button is missing.

I really would like to get it back before FF52 becomes the next ESR.  Sure, it's a very minor regression and shouldn't explicitly block the release... but a lost feature is a lost feature.

Comment 1

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

Patrick, do you know if the disappearance of the blackboxing feature is intentional?  Is there some kind of replacement for its users?

Comment 2

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

Forwarding to Jason and/or Bryan

Comment 3

[Bryan Clark (DevTools PM) [:clarkbw]]

Yes, intentional but planned and being tracked here: https://github.com/devtools-html/debugger.html/issues/1535

Comment 4

[Julien Cristau [:jcristau]]

Thanks for the info Bryan.  I guess this won't land in time for 52 then, not tracking.
I now notice that the lack of that feature is listed at https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Debugger/Limitations_of_the_new_debugger, I should have checked that earlier.