# Introducing CMake Debugger in VS Code

**URL:** https://discourse.cmake.org/t/introducing-cmake-debugger-in-vs-code/8719
**Category:** Community
**Created:** [August 11, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/introducing-cmake-debugger-in-vs-code/8719 "2023-08-11T00:55:23Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author: ![jtxa](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/jtxa/32/1535_2.png) [@jtxa](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/jtxa)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2023, 12:55am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/introducing-cmake-debugger-in-vs-code/8719/1 "2023-08-11T00:55:23Z")

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As no one mentioned it yet: there’s a blog article incl. screenshots and screencast about the new debugger support.

> **[Introducing CMake Debugger in VS Code: Debug your CMake Scripts using...](https://devblogs.microsoft.com/cppblog/introducing-cmake-debugger-in-vs-code-debug-your-cmake-scripts-using-open-source-cmake-debugger/)**
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> The new CMake Debugger that was introduced in Visual Studio is now available in VS Code. Now, you can debug your CMakeLists.txt scripts from VS Code using the CMake Tools Extension. To see the full release notes for this release and what else is...

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### Author: ![ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/clausklein/32/352_2.png) [@ClausKlein](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/ClausKlein)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2023, 5:42pm UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/introducing-cmake-debugger-in-vs-code/8719/2 "2023-08-13T17:42:28Z")

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May be nice, but there is NO support for `CMake Workflow presets`?  
see [Add support for CMake Presets v6 · Issue #2871 · microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools · GitHub](https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-cmake-tools/issues/2871)

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### Author: ![starball](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/starball/32/3437_2.png) [@starball](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/starball)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2023, 4:39am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/introducing-cmake-debugger-in-vs-code/8719/3 "2023-08-16T04:39:00Z")

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nice. updated [this](https://stackoverflow.com/a/75701905/11107541)

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### Author: ![itavero](https://discourse.cmake.org/user_avatar/discourse.cmake.org/itavero/32/2547_2.png) [@itavero](https://discourse.cmake.org/u/itavero)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://discourse.cmake.org/t/introducing-cmake-debugger-in-vs-code/8719/4 "2023-11-16T08:30:48Z")

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I’ve seen screenshots for Visual Studio where it was also possible to see which targets are defined and what their properties are. I don’t see this in VS Code, does anyone know if it’s available and where I can find it if it is?
