Vscode: Object does not expand in Debug Console

[chrmarti]

Issue Type: Bug

The expansion widget is there, nothing happens when using it:

VS Code version: Code - Insiders 1.21.0-insider (9a04587cc6b42c332609a08bfd7e2dbeac592c21, 2018-03-01T06:39:57.509Z)
OS version: Darwin x64 16.7.0

System Info

|Item|Value|
|---|---|
|CPUs|Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770HQ CPU @ 2.20GHz (8 x 2200)|
|Load (avg)|2, 2, 2|
|Memory (System)|16.00GB (1.70GB free)|
|Process Argv|/Applications/Visual Studio Code - Insiders.app/Contents/MacOS/Electron --user-data-dir=tmp/user --extensions-dir=tmp/ext|
|Screen Reader|no|
|VM|0%|

Extensions (4)

Extension|Author (truncated)|Version
---|---|---
vscode-docker|Pet|0.0.25
rest-client|hum|0.17.0
easy-icons|jam|0.3.1
vscode-open-in-github|sys|1.6.0

Reproduces without extensions

[weinand]

debug session still active? If not, it cannot expand.

[chrmarti]

No longer active. It works otherwise, I only found now.

[weinand]

Expand only works if debug session is active (because the data lives in the session).

@isidorn could we show an alert if you process an expand and no session is active?

[isidorn]

I have a nice info octicon with a hover
@chrmarti don't you get that

[chrmarti]

@isidorn No, that icon does not show.

[isidorn]

@chrmarti that object is coming from a console log statement. So bascially the issue here is that those objects coming from console do not seem to have the info icon.

[blurHY]

[Gouliath1]

Same issue here. any fix?

[jonpincus]

Same problem here. This is relatively-new behavior - I remember being able to expand successfully in 2018, not sure when it changed.

[isidorn]

Afaik this is not new behavior. You were never able to expand objects after a debug session finished if you did not previously expand them.
If you want to prove me wrong let me know for what exact version this was working. Thanks!

[fefe982]

I got the same problem, and seeing all the comments here I got a work around to this.

As I have to keep the debug session active to make the object expandable, I add a debugger; statement in the end of my script to keep the session active. And then I was able to expand the logged objects.

[gcheron]

I got the same problem while my session was still active... I just reboot vscode and it works...