1077655 - xul:script does not show up in debugger sources

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1085446

(DevTools :: Debugger, defect)

Description

[Tomasz Kołodziejski [:tomasz]]

Steps to reproduce:
1. open about:newtab
2. open console
3. switch tab to debugger

Expected:
newTab.js to be there

Result:
no sources found


What's also interesting is that when I add a breakpoint (debugger statement) to newTab.js the debugger lets me step through it but it still does not show any code.

Comment 1

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

I believe the main issue is that the regular tab DevTools toolbox doesn't show chrome scripts in its debugger.

You may be able to use the Browser Toolbox to target such a script for now.

Comment 2

[Eddy Bruel [:ejpbruel]]

XUL scripts are not debuggable by the regular debugger. That's by design. You want to use the browser debugger if you want to debug XUL scripts.

Comment 3

[J. Ryan Stinnett [:jryans] (Use needinfo, replies may be slow)]

Bug 1085446 landed recently, which allows the regular tab debugger to see such sources, so this is actually fixed.