Is there a way to add a breakpoint with the console?

[gun...@gmail.com]

In firebug I can do debug(nameOfFunction); and it will add a breakpoint right the begging of the function. With SpiderMonkey I belive it is taken a step further i can use the Debugger.Script  object to add breakpoints in a specific line number of the function. Is there any way possible to do this in chrome DevTools?

[PhistucK]

Yes. You can enter "debugger;".

For example -

debugger; function bla() { alert('hey'); } bla();

Will break before bla();.

You can put it anywhere you want to break.

☆PhistucK

[gun...@gmail.com]

Perhaps I missed the most important details, in the body of my post (but I did include it in the title) I want to be able to add breakpoints from the console. Not by adding the keyword "debugger;" but rather to add a breakpoint at runtime. When I load a page and bring up the console, I wonder if it is possible to add a breakpoint doing somehting like:   debug(nameOfFunction);  

[Angel Vera]

Still not what I am looking for. I understand people are not that familiar with this type of function but here is a explanation from firebug:

http://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Command_Line_API#debug.28fn.29

On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Abraham Williams <4br...@gmail.com> wrote:

You can dynamically add breakpoints in the dev tools scripts tab (or sources depending on which version of Chrome you are running) by clicking on a line number.

https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/scripts-breakpoints

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[Abraham Williams]

Ah. I see what you are asking for. I don't believe Chrome currently features that. The best you can currently do is follow my suggestion and add breakpoints to the first line of the function. You can use cmd/ctrl+f to search the current script for the function name.

You can also request the ability to set breakpoints on fonctions: http://new.crbug.com

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[Abraham Williams]

You can dynamically add breakpoints in the dev tools scripts tab (or sources depending on which version of Chrome you are running) by clicking on a line number.

https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/docs/scripts-breakpoints

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On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:22 AM, <gun...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Marco De Rosa]

You can write a function in console tab. Then write the name of the function and press enter. Chrome will show a preview of the function and you'll be able to double-click on it and go to Source tab where it's possible to add a breakpoint into the code

I hope it is useful :)

Marco

[Pavel Feldman]

https://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Command_Line_API#debug.28fn.29 is the closest that we have.

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