Script Debugger step-through and console controls

  • Release version: Zurich
  • Updated July 31, 2025
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  • After the Script Debugger pauses a script, use the step-through controls to move between script lines and move between scripts in the call stack. Use the Console controls to expand console, collapse console, clear console, and rerun expressions.

    Table 1. Step-through controls
    Control Icon Description
    Stop debugging SHIFT+F2 Pause debugging - SHIFT+F2 icon Stops any current debugging session, and disables the Script Debugger for the current user. The Script Debugger does not pause on breakpoints for the current user until it is restarted.
    Start debugger - F2 Start debugger - F2 icon Enables the Script Debugger for the current user. The Script Debugger pauses on breakpoints.
    Resume script execution - F9 Resume script execution - F9 icon Advances from the current breakpoint to the next breakpoint. If there are no other breakpoints, the script runs to completion.
    Step over next function call - OPTION+F9 Step over next function - OPTION+F9 icon Advances to the next evaluated line of script based on current conditions. The Script Debugger skips any lines of code that do not need to run because their conditions are not met. For example, when the condition of an if statement is not true, the debugger skips the code block for the condition.
    Step into next function call - OPTION+F10 Step into next function call - OPTION+F10 icon When the Script Debugger pauses on a method call, this control allows the user to advance to the first line of executed code within the method call. Stepping into a method updates the current position within the call stack. If the user does not have read access to the method call, then this control acts like step over instead.
    Step out of current function - OPTION+F11 Step out of current function - OPTION+F11 icon When the Script Debugger pauses within a method call, this control allows the user to exit the current method call and return to the calling script from the call stack. If the user is not within a method call, then this control acts like step over instead.
    Table 2. Console controls
    Control Icon Description
    Open Console Expand console Expands the Console.
    Close Console Collapse Console Collapses the Console.
    Clear expressions Clear expressions in Console Clears all the expressions in the Console.
    Re-execute expression Re-execute an expression in Console Re-executes the expression which is already executed.