Closed Bug 808588 Opened 12 years ago Closed 11 years ago

Cannot debug script files included in a xul file

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(DevTools :: Debugger, defect, P2)

defect

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(Not tracked)

RESOLVED FIXED

People

(Reporter: msucan, Assigned: past)

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Details

(Whiteboard: [chrome-debug])

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STR:

1. Open the Web Console.
2. Open the Browser Debugger.
3. Select webconsole.js from the scripts drop-down.
4. Search for JSTF_keyPress().
5. Set a breakpoint inside the function you found.
6. Start typing the Web Console input.

Expected result: execution pauses in JSTF_keyPress at the breakpoint you add.

Actual result: nothing happens. Execution is not paused.
Assignee: nobody → past
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
OS: Linux → All
Priority: -- → P2
Hardware: x86_64 → All
I'm morphing this bug a little as we've found some more information.

It looks like we're also unable to debug scripts loaded in XUL files in general. I tested both the webconsole.js case and the debugger-controller.js case. I can set a breakpoint in those files but am unable to trigger the breakpoint even though I am exercising that line of code.
Summary: Cannot debug the Web Console → Cannot debug script files included in a xul file
Whiteboard: [chrome-debug]
For what it's worth:

Our sole onNewScript handler is ThreadActor.prototype.onNewScript, which calls ThreadActor.prototype._addScript, which calls ThreadActor.prototype._allowScript to decide whether to add the script to our tables.

_allowScript ignores scripts that have no url, or whose urls begin with "chrome://" or "about:". Would any of that be a problem here?
(In reply to Jim Blandy :jimb from comment #2)
> _allowScript ignores scripts that have no url, or whose urls begin with
> "chrome://" or "about:". Would any of that be a problem here?

The Browser Debugger attaches to the ChromeDebuggerActor, which overrides _allowScript ignoring only scripts without a URL.
Any update on this?
Mihai's testcase in Comment #0 is still valid, despite the scripts in question showing up in the debugger. See attached debug log from my session.
Attached file dbug.log
walking through the testcase in comment #0.

note the inner connection when I open the webconsole. See the breakpoint get set at line 52.

DBG-SERVER: Got: {
  "to": "conn2.chromeDebugger2",
  "type": "setBreakpoint",
  "location": {
    "url": "chrome://browser/content/devtools/webconsole.js",
    "line": 3112
  }
}
Why does that log contain only the packets sent from client to server, and not the server's responses?
(In reply to Jim Blandy :jimb from comment #7)
> Why does that log contain only the packets sent from client to server, and
> not the server's responses?

To get logs from both sides in chrome debugging, one needs to additionally set devtools.debugger.log in the automatically-created profile for the browser debugger. That is called something like blahblah_chrome-debugger-profile. Adding it to prefs.js (or user.js) before starting the debugger will work.
I should add that my hope is that the fix for bug 820012 will take care of this one, too.
Depends on: 820012
(In reply to Panos Astithas [:past] from comment #9)
> I should add that my hope is that the fix for bug 820012 will take care of
> this one, too.

It actually does!
Fixed by bug 820012.
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 11 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Product: Firefox → DevTools
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