IE Developer Tools breakpoints are not working

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Wojtek picture Wojtek · Dec 31, 2014 · Viewed 20.2k times · Source

I'm trying to debug some javascript in IE 11 and I'm not able to force it to stop on a breakpoint.

debugger; line works fine (stops debugger in that line), same file without a debugger; line but with a breakpoint set in the same place does nothing (function works fine, but debugger does not stop on a breakpoint).

Chrome's and Firefox's debuggers stop on breakpoints in the same places.

Any thoughts what could be the cause of this behavior?

Answer

Wojtek picture Wojtek · Apr 21, 2015

Hamlet, in the comments to OP question, gave the correct answer.

Uncheck the following option:

Internet Options > Advanced > Disable Script Debugging (Internet Explorer)

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