react-devtools standalone app is missing inspector (selector tool)
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Component: Developer Tools
Type: Feature Request
- Dominant language
- JavaScript
- Stars
- 251k
- Forks
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- Avg merge
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- Merged PRs (30d)
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Description
When running react-devtools as standalone app (not as chrome extension or in react-native), The app is missing the inspector/selector tool.
It is also missing the jump to code integration with vscode.
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start with the standalone react-devtools app and compare its behavior with the Chrome extension and React Native versions, which provide the inspector/selector tool. Investigate how the standalone app could support both the inspector and the VS Code jump-to-code integration, then verify that both features work there.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript, react, vscode
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100