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Firefox do not have the focus when starting the debugging session

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
typescript
Domain
devtools

Research direction

The issue names no files or tests; start by tracing the VS Code debug adapter's Firefox debug-session startup path and compare its behavior with the Chrome plugin. Reproduce the launch with Firefox, then verify that starting a debugging session brings Firefox to the foreground.

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Description

bug

Hi,

Contrary to Chrome plugin, Firefox do not have the focus when starting a debugging session.

Is there a way to change that ?

I expect that when I start to debug my code, Firefox shows up in foreground (like with Chrome)

Dominant language
TypeScript
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Forks
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