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kylebonallo
kylebonallo

Reputation: 93

How to stop Visual Studio 2017 v15.7.2 opening debugging session in a new browser window?

Since installing Visual Studio update v15.7.2, clicking "Start Debugging" in a .Net project now opens a new browser window instead of adding a tab to my existing browser window, as it had done previously. How do I get this to stop and go back to adding a new tab to my existing browser window?

In my scenario; I have an existing browser window open (Google Chrome, my preferred development browser) and I click Debug > Start Debugging. Result: It opens a new Chrome window. Preferred Result: It adds a new tab to my existing browser window.

Note: This is not related to the option for "Enable JavaScript debugging for ASP.NET (Chrome, Edge and IE)" as previous posts point to separately - as this option is already disabled for me. I'm assuming there is another toggle somewhere that I don't know about and need to change.

Any help/pointers much appreciated.

Upvotes: 3

Views: 361

Answers (2)

Ali Karaca
Ali Karaca

Reputation: 3831

Go to list where you choose the browse with options(IIS Express,Web Browser,Browse with etc.),there is an option script debugging, disable it and you are done.

Here is the pic

Upvotes: 0

Tom Glenn
Tom Glenn

Reputation: 2012

I had the same issue since upgrading to 15.7.1+ The solution is a bit obscure and hidden in the Tools -> Options menu.

To revert to the previous functionality, where it opens a new debug session in an already open browser window with a new tab, do the following:

Tools -> Options -> Projects and Solutions -> Web Projects -> Untick Stop debugger when browser window is closed

Reference: https://developercommunity.visualstudio.com/content/problem/247841/web-debug-always-opens-new-browser-window-and-clos.html

Upvotes: 4

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