Debug console only shows automatically for first debugging session.

[gregg-miskelly]

From @seraku24 on August 11, 2016 2:59

Environment data

dotnet --info output:

.NET Command Line Tools (1.0.0-preview2-003121)

Product Information:
 Version:            1.0.0-preview2-003121
 Commit SHA-1 hash:  1e9d529bc5

Runtime Environment:
 OS Name:     Windows
 OS Version:  10.0.10586
 OS Platform: Windows
 RID:         win10-x64

VS Code version: 1.4.0
C# Extension version: 1.3.0

Steps to reproduce

1. Create a new C# project (e.g. use dotnet new and dotnet restore for the "Hello, World!" template).
2. Launch VSCode and open the created project.
3. Start a debugging session.
4. Observe: The output window appears and displays the build process.
5. Observe: The debug console appears (replacing the output window) as the debugger launches the program.
6. After the program completes, start another debugging session.
7. Observe: The output window appears (replacing the debug console) and displays the build process, which in this case is a message that the project was already compiled.

Expected behavior

The debug console, again, appears (replacing the output window) as the debugger launches the program.

Actual behavior

The debug console is not shown and requires manual activation via the button on the debug UI toolbar or the keyboard shortcut (Ctrl+Shift+Y).

This could be a case where it might be wise to introduce a user-configurable setting that controls the behavior of the debug console. I see at least three potentially useful modes:

• "always" The debug console is always shown automatically upon starting a debugging session.
• "preserve" The debug console will be re-shown automatically provided it was visible before being replaced by the output window.
• "never" The debug console will never be shown automatically when starting a debugging session.

Copied from original issue: dotnet/vscode-csharp#653

[gregg-miskelly]

@seraku24 thank you for reporting this issue. This issue an issue with VS Code itself rather than the C# extension, so I will port your bug over to them.

[isidorn]

This is already supported, more details can be found here #4045