When you select the option Help > Toggle Developer Tools, the Chrome DevTools window should open. Visual Studio Code is built with Electron, which is simply put a wrapper or container for creating desktop applications built with HTML and Javascript.
With this in mind, the Developer Tools can be especially handy if you're debugging or developing plugins, or IDE specifics for Visual Studio Code itself.
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When you select the option Help > Toggle Developer Tools, the Chrome DevTools window should open. Visual Studio Code is built with Electron, which is simply put a wrapper or container for creating desktop applications built with HTML and Javascript.
With this in mind, the Developer Tools can be especially handy if you're debugging or developing plugins, or IDE specifics for Visual Studio Code itself.
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In mycase, can not find in Toggle Developer Tools from Help, but find CommandPalette(Cmd+P and type '>').
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode › issues › 124383
Toggle Developer tools for VSCode is not opening dev tools when VSCode is opened as Administrator · Issue #124383 · microsoft/vscode
May 21, 2021 - Issue Type: Bug 1.Open VSCode as Administrator by right clicking on the VSCode icon 2. Try to open Toggle Developer tools from Help Menu on the top bar. Observed: no dev tools opened. Can repro the issue with all extensions disabled. Als...
Published May 21, 2021
Author giakas
built-in browser inspect
VS Code itself has devtools. I'll bet the embedded simple browser is just an iframe or something, so you'll probably have to drill into it through the VS Code devtools. Use the command Developer: Toggle Developer Tools in the command palette. More on reddit.com
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December 28, 2023Toggle Developer tools - keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I is not working
Toggle Developer tools - keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I is not working VScode version: 1.41.1 and also observed in old versions OS: windows More on github.com
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January 7, 2020Developer tools not open
We have written the needed data into your clipboard because it was too large to send. Please paste. Issue Type: Bug I don't know what was the issue, after the latest update, toggle developer to... More on github.com
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February 15, 2021"Toggle VSCode Developer Tools" and "Developer: Inspect Context Keys" don't have access to Interactive Window/Jupyter's UI
With "Developer: Inspect Context Keys" I'm able to focus on any CSS elements without any issues... except for UI elements inside Jupyter Notebooks. Also, "Toggle VSCode Developer Tools" doesn't hav... More on github.com
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August 19, 2019Videos
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode › issues › 84340
Toggle Developer Tools doesn't work any more · Issue #84340 · microsoft/vscode
November 9, 2019 - Toggle dev tools or toggle webview dev tools don't work any more with the latest VSCode
Author abist
Reddit
reddit.com › r/vscode › built-in browser inspect
r/vscode on Reddit: built-in browser inspect
December 28, 2023 -
Hello, i recently discovered that you can open site in vs code using built in simple browser. But I can't open inspect tool in it to visualize paddings and margins. Is there a way to add this function, or through some extension? It would be much nicer not having to switch between ide and browser all the time
Microsoft Learn
learn.microsoft.com › en-us › microsoft-edge › visual-studio-code › microsoft-edge-devtools-extension › open-devtools-and-embedded-browser
Opening DevTools and the DevTools browser - Microsoft Edge Developer documentation | Microsoft Learn
March 27, 2023 - In the Activity Bar, click Microsoft Edge Tools (). The Microsoft Edge Tools pane opens. If the folder doesn't already contain a .vscode directory that contains a launch.json file, the Microsoft Edge Tools Side Bar contains a Launch Instance button and a Generate launch.json button.
YouTube
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VSCode Secret Hidden Developer Console - YouTube
Did you know that VSCode has a secret hidden developer console built in! The reason for this is that VS Code is built with Electron. Electron uses web techn...
Published August 23, 2022
Microsoft Learn
learn.microsoft.com › en-us › microsoft-edge › visual-studio-code › microsoft-edge-devtools-extension
Microsoft Edge DevTools extension for Visual Studio Code - Microsoft Edge Developer documentation | Microsoft Learn
The DevTools extension provides many of the same tools that are in the DevTools that's in the Microsoft Edge browser, from within Visual Studio Code. Visual Studio Code is a lightweight but powerful source code editor for Windows, Linux, and macOS. Visual Studio Code is a full IDE (integrated development environment) that has powerful features for web development.
Microsoft Edge
blogs.windows.com › msedgedev › 2020 › 10 › 01 › microsoft-edge-tools-vscode
Bringing the browser developer tools to Visual Studio Code - Microsoft Edge Blog
June 10, 2025 - Last year, we released the experimental “Elements for VS Code” extension, giving developers the option of embedding the browser developer tools into Visual Studio Code.
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode › issues › 88191
Toggle Developer tools - keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I is not working · Issue #88191 · microsoft/vscode
January 7, 2020 - Toggle Developer tools - keyboard shortcut Ctrl+Shift+I is not working VScode version: 1.41.1 and also observed in old versions OS: windows
Author venukolli1986
GitHub
github.com › Microsoft › vscode › issues › 1971
Show Toggle Developer Tools under the View menu · Issue #1971 · microsoft/vscode
January 13, 2016 - Hello, I was thinking that it might make a bit more sense to put the Toggle Developer Tools in view, as it brings up a developer view pane. Right now it is under the help menu. Just a small thing b...
Flutter
docs.flutter.dev › tools › devtools › vscode
Run DevTools from VS Code
June 28, 2025 - Learn how to launch and use DevTools from VS Code.
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode › issues › 116674
Developer tools not open · Issue #116674 · microsoft/vscode
February 15, 2021 - We have written the needed data into your clipboard because it was too large to send. Please paste. Issue Type: Bug I don't know what was the issue, after the latest update, toggle developer to...
Author thavarajansmi
Visual Studio Code
code.visualstudio.com › docs › debugtest › integrated-browser
Integrated browser
4 days ago - Toggle the browser's Developer Tools from the browser toolbar to inspect elements, view console output, and debug page issues.
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode › issues › 79463
"Toggle VSCode Developer Tools" and "Developer: Inspect Context Keys" don't have access to Interactive Window/Jupyter's UI · Issue #79463 · microsoft/vscode
August 19, 2019 - With "Developer: Inspect Context Keys" I'm able to focus on any CSS elements without any issues... except for UI elements inside Jupyter Notebooks. Also, "Toggle VSCode Developer Tools" doesn't hav...
Author mkanet
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I also had to downgrade the Jupyter extension to version 2025.6 instead of 2025.7. I have VS Code version 1.103.2 on macOS. After that, the list of Python Environments was loading correctly.
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For example I have "Extension" named Python in the image below that gets updated or installed by vsCode automatically
- You have to wait for the "Extensions" to be installed.
- Make sure you have an internet connection.
- make sure you have a fast internet connection so that it can be installed faster.
- After installation restart "vsCode"
If it doesn't work for you, try uninstalling the extension and reinstalling it
This is all I know and it happened to me
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode › issues › 81965
Shoudn't the shortcut for "Toggle Developer Tools" be set to "editorFocus" for "when" parameter? · Issue #81965 · microsoft/vscode
October 4, 2019 - I was frustrated I could never open the Developer Tools with the default shortcut Ctrl + Shift + I. After going through all extensions, I realized it was set to only work when Developer Tools is op...
Author ParkerPy
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode › issues › 213838
Move `Help -> Toggle Developer Tools` to `View -> Developer Tools` menu · Issue #213838 · microsoft/vscode
May 29, 2024 - microsoft / vscode Public · ... link · Closed as not planned · Closed as not planned · Move Help -> Toggle Developer Tools to View -> Developer Tools menu#213838 ·...
Published May 29, 2024
Author bukowa
GitHub
github.com › microsoft › vscode-python › issues › 24665
Extension activation failed, run the 'Developer: Toggle Developer Tools' command for more information. · Issue #24665 · microsoft/vscode-python
December 29, 2024 - in Extension activation failed, run the 'Developer: Toggle Developer Tools' command for more information. workbench.desktop.main.js:3105 Extension activation failed, run the 'Developer: Toggle Developer Tools' command for more information. onDidChangeNotification @ workbench.desktop.main.js:3105 workbench.desktop.main.js:759 Activating extension 'ms-python.python' failed: Attempt to insert a duplicate controller with ID "python-tests".
Author Charan208
Reddit
reddit.com › r/vscode › is it possible to open and use developer command prompt for vs inside vscode? and if so, how to do it?
r/vscode on Reddit: Is it possible to open and use Developer Command Prompt for VS inside vscode? And if so, how to do it?
June 16, 2023 - To toggle the terminal panel, use the Ctrl+` keyboard shortcut. To create a new terminal, use the Ctrl+Shift+` keyboard shortcut. ... What vscode theme is this? Feels easy on eyes.
CSS-Tricks
css-tricks.com › what-if-you-could-use-visual-studio-code-as-the-editor-of-in-browser-developer-tools
What if… you could use Visual Studio Code as the editor of in-browser Developer Tools? | CSS-Tricks
October 22, 2021 - Anything you change in dev tools with show instantly on VC and vice versa ... Yes Chrome Developer Tools, in the event that you give it admittance to the documents on circle, it can plan the contents to the records on plate, in any event, when utilizing webpack (with source maps).