Why openConsole and openDevtools do not work?

[ayub-kokabi]

// web-ext.config.ts:
import { defineRunnerConfig } from "wxt";

export default defineRunnerConfig({
  startUrls: ["https://info.cern.ch/"],
  openConsole: true,
  openDevtools: true
});

When I run pnpm dev, the browser opens with the specified startUrl, but openConsole and openDevtools do not work. I'm unsure if this is a bug with web-ext or if I missed something.

Chrome Version 126.0.6478.127 (Official Build) (64-bit)

[aklinker1]

I believe those options are only supported by firefox

[ayub-kokabi]

Yes, you are right.
mozilla/web-ext#2580

[ayub-kokabi]

I believe those options are only supported by firefox

Is there an alternative to web-ext that supports both Chrome and Firefox well?

[aklinker1]

Not that I'm aware of

[supfiger]

https://wxt.dev/api/reference/wxt/interfaces/ExtensionRunnerConfig.html#chromiumargs

chromiumArgs: [
  --auto-open-devtools-for-tabs /* https://peter.sh/experiments/chromium-command-line-switches/#auto-open-devtools-for-tabs */
],

If I am not wrong, you can achieve almost what you want by this argument in your WXT config.

Just use this arg for Chromium + also use openDevtools for Firefox.

[ayub-kokabi]

Thank you, it works. 🙏