I want to be able to open the dev console from JavaScript.

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title: I want to be able to open the dev console from JavaScript.
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I want to make a website where I exc the dev console. I can just tell the user how to open it but it would be a better UX to have it open with a button.

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[bradisbell]

You can use the debugger statement in your JavaScript.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Statements/debugger