Tools panel missing Debug icon

Description of the problem (please keep it simple and short):
the ‘tools’ panel on the lower left hand side does not have the ‘debug’ icon.
Explain what you were trying to do:
https://docs.replit.com/programming-ide/introduction-to-the-workspace#tools
at 1:02
the audio is low quality and very hard to see the screen image, too dark.
this is shown in the tutorial video under ‘Welcome to Replit Docs’

What areas or features are involved?
would someone please explain how to install or activate this feature.

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Can you link to the repl (not invite), and only certain templates come with a debugger, like a python or node repl.

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i apologize but i don’t know what this means, ‘Can you link to the repl (not invite)’.

i was using javascript, is that one of the templates which does not have a degugger ?

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Click he repl name, then “cover page” then copy the url.

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https://replit.com/@anuglybug/JavaScript-RPG-Starter?v=1

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The “debug” tool is admin-only

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Odd, I thought there was a debugger, and that was what the .breakpoints was for

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There is no debugger for html, but there is a web inspector, take a look at this: https://blog.replit.com/devtools

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then why does Replit have it in their introductory videos; look at time mark 1:02
this is really frustrating for beginners, my current club.

https://docs.replit.com/programming-ide/introduction-to-the-workspace#tools

All I see is this:

image

Maybe your thinking about Python which would have this:

image

Hope this helps you :smiley:

hello JayAySeaOhBee14,
i am sorry to drag this thread out but it is important to me.
i can not find the error in my JavaScript and i think the “Tools → Debugger” in the lower left hand side of the beginners tutorial would be an enormous help.
previously, i mentioned that the training video has audio misgivings and the images are quite dark. not to mention the font is very small.

when you said “All I see is this:” i will assume you are talking about the video.
so, the presenter has a short segment on using the Tools → Debugger at approximately 1 minute.

in your last post, “Maybe your thinking about Python which would have this:”
i tried making a python file because of a similar comment early in this thread,
and i still do not have a Debugger.

so it doesn’t seem to have anything to do with the programming language as to if you get a Debugger Tool or not.

Creating a file does not change the language. You need to create an entirely new Repl.

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yeah, what she said :+1:

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You can’t debug frontend within replit, but you can open in new tab and use DevTools, e.g. on Chrome and friends, CtrlShiftI → Sources

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Hi! The “Debug” icon on the docs you are seeing is accessible with adding the ?debug=1 to the URL of your Repl. Beware, this can break stuff I would not recommend using it.

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answering QwertyQwerty54: Creating a file does not change the language. You need to create an entirely new Repl.

yes i did that as well, thanks

hi bddy, thought you had figured this out at first but it is NOT the icon in the video.

i provided the image sent by JayAySeaOhBee14 earlier in this thread ; the debug icon looks like a triangle on its side followed by a vertical bar.

Hey there :wave:

Take note that only some repls have the Debugger enabled. Python, Javascript, and Java repls should be the ones that have it by default.

What do your .replit file and replit.nix files look like?

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