Is it possible to blackbox vendor code when using VSCode's node debugger?

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Chrome Dev Tools has offered the ability to blackbox selected code for a while now, but I can't seem to find a comparable feature for VSStudio when debugging Node.

I've been through the debugger docs and lots of issues on VSCode's Github, but I can't seem to find an answer.

Is it possible to exclude (for example node_modules/) from debugging?

score 32 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 16 '18 at 08:32

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I haven't tried this I must admit, barely got round to use debugging in vscode just yet, but it does appear that blackbox-ing was supported in v1.8:

https://code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_8#_node-debugging

We have added a feature to avoid code that you don't want to step through. This feature can be enabled with the skipFiles setting in your launch configuration. skipFiles is an array of glob patterns for script paths to skip.

Files can be exluded using skipFiles in your launch configuration:

 "skipFiles": [
    "node_modules/**/*.js",
    "lib/**/*.js",
    "async_hooks.js",
    "inspector_async_hook.js"
  ]

edited Dec 16 '18 at 08:32

Dan Dascalescu

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answered Feb 05 '18 at 10:58

Jarede

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Must be placed inside each configuration – Bernardo Dal Corno Jul 31 '18 at 18:30
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Can Also use [`"/**"`](https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/15464#issuecomment-332724821) to skip all the promise / event handling stuff – KyleMit Dec 28 '19 at 21:50
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You can also blackbox a file during debugging by running the command "Toggle Skipping File" – phiresky Feb 10 '21 at 12:19

Is it possible to blackbox vendor code when using VSCode's node debugger?

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