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Toggle Chrome DevTools
You can toggle the enableDevTools option to control user access to Chrome
DevTools on MongoDB Compass. When you enable Chrome Devtools, you can view additional
diagnostic or debugging information from the Compass interface.
About This Task
By default, Compass disables Chrome DevTools.
If you enable any of the following options, you cannot enable the Enable DevTools setting:
Set Read-Only Mode
Enable MongoDB Shell
maxTimeMS
Protect Connection String Secrets
Procedure
You can set the enableDevTools option in either:
The Compass Settings panel
The command line
Compass Settings Panel
In the Compass top menu bar, click MongoDB Compass.
Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts to open the Settings panel:
Windows / Linux:
Ctrl+,Mac:
⌘+,
In the MongoDB Compass menu, click Settings.
Compass opens a dialog box where you can configure your MongoDB Compass settings.
Toggle Enable DevTools.
Click Save.
Command Line
The following command starts Compass from the command line and sets
the --enableDevTools option:
<path-to-Compass-executable> --enableDevTools
Note
The name and filepath of the Compass executable depend on your operating system.
Configuration File
You can specify the Compass configuration file in either EJSON
or YAML format. The following configurations set the
enableDevTools option to true:
EJSON
{ "enableDevTools": true }
YAML
enableDevTools: true
Learn More
To learn more about the MongoDB Compass configuration file, see Configuration File Settings.