Allow pid or host:port entry in the process picker

[tmm1]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

The regexp for showing available processes can be quite frustrating, esp when I already know the target pid/port I'm trying to debug.

Describe the feature you'd like

Under Debug: Attach to Node Process when a dialog appears with a text box placeholder Pick the node.js process to attach to, I would love to be able to paste something like 1234 or 127.0.0.1:56777

[connor4312]

This works for me, e.g. here's filtering for a PID 21172 and also a node process listening for the inspector on 21172. Could you share more about the scenario you expect to work?

[tmm1]

I want to attach to vscode insiders exthost: Code - Insiders Helper (Plugin)

Since the process name does not say node, and it won't appear.

This kind of situation is more common now with features like https://nodejs.org/api/single-executable-applications.html

If you follow the guide on the URL above, you end up with a binary named ./hello which doesn't appear in the picker

[tmm1]

It looks like the picker won't accept inputs easily.. the input is just used as a filter over the picker choices?

vscode-js-debug/src/ui/processPicker.ts

Lines 135 to 139 in 9419f57

	async function listProcesses(): Promise<IProcessItem | undefined> {
	const nodeProcessPattern = /^(?:node|iojs)(?:$|\b)/i;
	let seq = 0; // default sort key
	const quickPick = vscode.window.createQuickPick<IProcessItem>();

Maybe it's simpler to tackle this with a user-override on the regex instead, ala #1480 (comment)

[connor4312]

Or maybe just an option to "Show all processes..." in the picker

[tmm1]

You're right, an escape hatch to be able to filter over all the processes with a pid/port or name like (Plugin) would work splendidly.