Keyboard Shortcut to pause javascript execution

[OneMHz]

I often find it would be useful if I could toggle the 'pause on next
execution' with the keyboard. For example, if I'm trying to find a
stray event from clicking on an item in a pop-up menu or dropdown.
Moving focus away from the menu, or even page element will often close
it, and then I end up pausing the code that re-opens it, or even
mouseovers on the page that are impossible to avoid.

[Mikhail Naganov]

Hi OneMHz,

DevTools has keyboard shortcuts -- you can view a help screen by
pressing the '?' button. However, they only work when the DevTools
window has focus. For your issue, please consider using 'Event
Listener Breakpoints' on the right of the 'Scripts' panel.

[John J Barton]

Perhaps there is (or can be) a binding, but just to note: you can use
the Event Listener Breakpoints to break on 'click' only.

jjb

[Alexander Pavlov]

You are probably looking for the "F8" (Pause Script Execution) shortcut while on the Scripts panel. It will break on the next JavaScript  statement executed.

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-alexander

[PhistucK]

How about adding an event handler for keyup/keydown/keypress for the keyboard shortcut you need and putting the "debugger;" statement within it?

It will pause the execution (as long as the Developer Tools window is open).

☆PhistucK

[Edison Quisiguina]

Key 'F8' works for me, thanks OneMHz :)