In the Friendly Name field, enter something descriptive, for example, Google Chrome w/ DevTools (see fig. This is what tells Chrome to open with the developer tools window open. In the Arguments field, enter the command line switch to open devtools, -auto-open-devtools-for-tabs. On many machines it is located at 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe', however sometimes it may be installed in your local profile (e.g. In the Program field, enter the path to Google Chrome.

To add a new browser to Visual Studio, follow these steps: Step 1Ĭlick the down arrow to the right of IIS Express, and select the Browse With. This should be simple enough – just configure a new browser for Visual Studio to use. I thought it would be nice to have Visual Studio launch Chrome with the developer tools window already open.Īfter doing some digging, I discovered that Chrome has a command line option to open devtools: -auto-open-devtools-for-tabs. Sure, it’s easy to just press F12, but after a while, I got sick of having to do that each time. Sometimes when debugging an app, I’ll need to frequently open the developer tools in Google Chrome for assistance.