Elm debugger sidebar is too small. How to extend it? - elm

Question

I have long Msg and they are the same except the last part. As you can see below - i can't tell the difference: - they are actually different.
I've open up the debugger with chrome and i saw this:
But this doesn't work on page reload as you might expect. It reverts back to 30 ch.
Question:
Where are this styles kept? So that by modifying them i always have this debugger-sidebar at 70 ch.
Or is there a better way to do this?
Node: It would be even better if i can make it resizable instead of fixed at 70 ch. But this is enough for now.

Answer 1

You are not alone, there is a Github issue for this.

Answer 2

As #Simon H pointed out this is not fixed yet . But until then - to have a resizable debugger-sidebar you can do this:
Go into:
elm-stuff/packages/elm-lang/VirtualDom/Debug.elm
Do a search for the class: .debugger-sidebar
and then add:
.debugger-sidebar {
display: block;
float: left;
width: 30ch;
height: 100%;
color: white;
background-color: rgb(61, 61, 61);
/* add this 2 lines */
overflow-x: auto;
resize: horizontal;
}
It works on save with elm-live also. But if you delete the elm-stuff folder for some reason it will get back to normal - because elm-stuff is build on the fly.
I've taken this from #rtfeldman pull-request here
Hope that helps:)
EDIT:
There has been some improvements recently (model stays open during updates.. awesome !!:D ) and stuff was moved around. If you want this:
My gif recorder only does 600px - can't record the hole thing. To change the styles:
step 1. go to:
elm-stuff/packages/elm-lang/virtual-dom/ < your version number ex 2.0.4 > /src/VirtualDom/Debug.elm - and open up Debug.elm
step 2.
Find styles function, and inside, locate:
#debugger {
width: 100%
height: 100%;
font-family: monospace;
display: flex; -- add display flex here.
}
step 3. find:
.debugger-sidebar {
display: block;
float: left;
width: 30ch;
height: 100%;
color: white;
background-color: rgb(61, 61, 61);
width: 30%; -- add this 3 lines - maybe you want more width then 30%.
overflow-x: auto;
resize: horizontal;
}
Don't delete elm-stuff folder - if you do all this steps need to be done again.
For webpack users.
And also make sure you restart webpack build after doing this - because webpack-dev-server is working form the unchanged elm-stuff folder in memory - and will not pick up this change without a restart.