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name filter for process picker #847
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Hi!
When I use
{
"name": "Python Debugger: Attach using Process Id",
"type": "debugpy",
"request": "attach",
"processId": "${command:pickProcess}",
"justMyCode": false,
},
I get a list of all (?) processes on my computer that I can attach to. A lot of them, at least.
Typically, I attach to the same process name (but different path due to parallel builds)
Could we add for example a property like below to only list items matching path (or regex ?) below to pick from?
"processNameFilter":"*/build/myproc.exe"
Regards
Thomas
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ZA139 commentedon Oct 28, 2025
As I know, we can filter processes by name in processes picker window. Does this satisfied your needs? Or u prefer a "preProcessesNameFilter"
ThomasNygards commentedon Oct 28, 2025
That is a good feature and it is helpful!
But I have to type every time, so if it can be avoided, it would save me some time.
ZA139 commentedon Oct 28, 2025
Yep, Sounds the "preProcessesNameFilter" is a reasonable choice. Waiting for ms guys review this. I think I can develop this if they think it's good.
github-actions commentedon Oct 29, 2025
Thanks for the feature request! We are going to give the community 60 days from when this issue was created to provide 7 👍 upvotes on the opening comment to gauge general interest in this idea. If there's enough upvotes then we will consider this feature request in our future planning. If there's unfortunately not enough upvotes then we will close this issue.