Support open devtools on app had been builded

[askie]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

when app have been builded , open the app,sometimes need to open devtools to debug error.

Describe the solution you'd like

need a method to open devtools

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Additional context

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[leaanthony]

Compile with wails build -debug 👍

[askie]

this working, thx

[garfieldbanks]

I'm using this on Windows and when I add -debug it allows me to open devtools but it also opens a command window. Is there an option to disable the command window and only allow opening devtools?

[leaanthony]

No I don't think so

[JSchmidt63]

Great command! :-)
Is it possible in a production build to toggle: show the devttools debug or no show devtools debug by a command line arguments?

[davidnewhall]

Is there an option to disable the command window and only allow opening devtools?

I need this too. :( The console window is useless and in the way, but the inspector is crucial for troubleshooting in new apps.

[leaanthony]

wails build -debug will allow you to right click and open the dev tools for a production build.

[davidnewhall]

I understand, but it also opens a console window. I want the inspector to be accessible by default, but I do not want a console window.

[mmghv]

Same here, It would be useful to enable the devtools without the console window, it's not acceptable to publish the application with the console window.

it would be nice to have a separate -devtools flag.

[leaanthony]

Do you know if that's even possible?

[davidnewhall]

It should be possible. I don't think the console window and blocking context menus are directly related. Are they?

I'm familiar with the Windows console window. Newer versions of Windows use a "Terminal" window, and it has new problems with Go apps. The age old -H=windowsgui ld flag still seems to be the number one way to prevent a GUI app from having a console (or Terminal) window.

Conversely, I have no idea how you're turning off right click on the Windows. I use javascript if I need that feature.

  /* Prevent right-click when dev mode is disabled. */
  let allow_console_window = false;
  function blockRightClick(e) { if (!allow_console_window) e.preventDefault() }
  document.removeEventListener("contextmenu", blockRightClick)
  document.addEventListener("contextmenu", blockRightClick)

[mmghv]

I'm working on a PR right now, you'll be able to do wails build -devtools, tested on windows and is working perfectly.

[mmghv]

PR: #2725, tests needed on Linux and macOS.

[davidnewhall]

I'll do some testing on macOS; can't do much with Linux though.

[mmghv]

@davidnewhall That's perfect, please follow the test cases and report your results in the PR thread.