How to make VS Code compound debugger run by default? - visual-studio-code

Question

I have the following .vscode/launch.json config:
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "chrome",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Next: Chrome",
"url": "localhost:3000",
"webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/src"
},
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Next: Node",
"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/next/dist/bin/next",
"port": 9229,
"env": {
"NODE_OPTIONS": "--inspect"
}
}
],
"compounds": [
{
"name": "Next: Full",
"configurations": ["Next: Node", "Next: Chrome"]
}
]
}
By starting debugger with F5, I want it to run the Next: Full command. But instead it runs Next: Chrome, so it may seem like something's not working, but you have to change it manually and re-run:
Then it will work. But is it possible to set it as default within the config?

Answer 1

It is possible by adding additional helpful entry to configurations first in the list, with the same name (type and request are also necessary):
{
"version": "0.2.0",
"configurations": [
{
"type": "node",
"name": "Next: Full",
"request": "launch"
},
{
"type": "chrome",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Next: Chrome",
"url": "localhost:3000",
"webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}/src"
},
{
"type": "node",
"request": "launch",
"name": "Next: Node",
"runtimeExecutable": "${workspaceFolder}/node_modules/next/dist/bin/next",
"port": 9229,
"env": {
"NODE_OPTIONS": "--inspect"
}
}
],
"compounds": [
{
"name": "Next: Full",
"configurations": ["Next: Node", "Next: Chrome"]
}
]
}
Which turns out to be working as an alias: