sindresorhus/electron-debug

Add option to open DevTools

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#32 opened on Feb 27, 2016

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Description

The more I use electron-debug, the more I'm annoyed by this use case. I open DevTools with toggle shortcut, then often it got covered by other windows, but still open. After a while, I often forgot it is open and I press toggle key to show DevTools, but since it's already opened, it close.

I think it should be useful to add an option to just open it if closed, or otherwise focus it. I don't think there is a specific method in electron to focus, we could ask for it (or maybe it could suffice to re-open it, I have to try).

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Research direction
Explore Electron's BrowserWindow.webContents.openDevTools method and how to focus the DevTools window if already open.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
desktop
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Feature
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2
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1-3 hours
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Clear
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JavaScriptElectron
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65