When I try to debug a simple OpenFL application with the HTML5 target and Firefox as the debug browser, I get the notification:
Debugging HTML5 with Firefox requires the "Debugger for Firefox" extension
However, I already have that extension installed. Clicking on the "Install Now" action button in the notification only makes the notification disappear: no other effect occurs. I tried uninstalling the firefox debug extension, triggering the notification, and clicking the install button, but the result was exactly the same (nothing new was installed).
This behavior clued me in to the potential that the extension was being mis-identified. Due to the following line, I believe that this diagnosis is accurate:
When I try to debug a simple OpenFL application with the HTML5 target and Firefox as the debug browser, I get the notification:
However, I already have that extension installed. Clicking on the "Install Now" action button in the notification only makes the notification disappear: no other effect occurs. I tried uninstalling the firefox debug extension, triggering the notification, and clicking the install button, but the result was exactly the same (nothing new was installed).
This behavior clued me in to the potential that the extension was being mis-identified. Due to the following line, I believe that this diagnosis is accurate:
https://github.com/openfl/lime-vscode-extension/blob/80d4f0d392037201bc8840406fa9179f53be72b7/src/lime/extension/Main.hx#L584
Notice how, when navigating to this url: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=hbenl.vscode-firefox-debug
You are redirected to: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=firefox-devtools.vscode-firefox-debug
Looks like the publisher name has been changed from
hbenltofirefox-devtools.