I recently needed to launch different browsers for debugging a .NET Core app in Visual Studio Code on a MacOS.
A quick Google search yielded how to launch different browsers from VS Code for debugging ASP.NET Core, but this was Windows centric. While the changes below are simple, I thought I would document them anyway.
Here is the whole launch.json
file for reference. The important bits are in the osx
sections.
{
// Use IntelliSense to find out which attributes exist for C# debugging
// Use hover for the description of the existing attributes
// For further information visit https://github.com/OmniSharp/omnisharp-vscode/blob/master/debugger-launchjson.md
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"name": "DemoWeb - Chrome",
"type": "coreclr",
"request": "launch",
"preLaunchTask": "build",
// If you have changed target frameworks, make sure to update the program path.
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/DemoWeb.dll",
"args": [],
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"stopAtEntry": false,
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"launchBrowser": {
"enabled": true,
"args": "${auto-detect-url}",
"windows": {
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": "/C start ${auto-detect-url}"
},
"osx": {
"command": "open"
},
"linux": {
"command": "xdg-open"
}
},
"env": {
"ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
},
"sourceFileMap": {
"/Views": "${workspaceFolder}/Views"
}
},
{
"name": "DemoWeb - Safari",
"type": "coreclr",
"request": "launch",
"preLaunchTask": "build",
// If you have changed target frameworks, make sure to update the program path.
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/DemoWeb.dll",
"args": [],
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"stopAtEntry": false,
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"launchBrowser": {
"enabled": true,
"args": "${auto-detect-url}",
"windows": {
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": "/C start ${auto-detect-url}"
},
"osx": {
"command": "open",
"args": "-a /Applications/Safari.app ${auto-detect-url}"
},
"linux": {
"command": "xdg-open"
}
},
"env": {
"ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
},
"sourceFileMap": {
"/Views": "${workspaceFolder}/Views"
}
},
{
"name": "DemoWeb - FireFox",
"type": "coreclr",
"request": "launch",
"preLaunchTask": "build",
// If you have changed target frameworks, make sure to update the program path.
"program": "${workspaceFolder}/bin/Debug/netcoreapp2.0/DemoWeb.dll",
"args": [],
"cwd": "${workspaceFolder}",
"stopAtEntry": false,
"internalConsoleOptions": "openOnSessionStart",
"launchBrowser": {
"enabled": true,
"args": "${auto-detect-url}",
"windows": {
"command": "cmd.exe",
"args": "/C start ${auto-detect-url}"
},
"osx": {
"command": "open",
"args": "-a /Applications/FireFox.app ${auto-detect-url}"
},
"linux": {
"command": "xdg-open"
}
},
"env": {
"ASPNETCORE_ENVIRONMENT": "Development"
},
"sourceFileMap": {
"/Views": "${workspaceFolder}/Views"
}
},
{
"name": ".NET Core Attach",
"type": "coreclr",
"request": "attach",
"processId": "${command:pickProcess}"
}
]
}
Thanks to Anaruj for the original post! This was a quick post as a breadcrumb for me - I know I will need this again! Maybe it will help someone else as well.