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  • About This Task
  • Before you Begin
  • Steps
  • Compass Settings Panel
  • Command Line
  • Configuration File
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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.

Before you Begin

To use Chrome DevTools on Compass, you must enable the Enable MongoDB Shell option.

If you enable any of the following options, you cannot enable the Enable DevTools setting:

  • Set Read-Only Mode

  • maxTimeMS

  • Protect Connection String Secrets

Steps

You can set the enableDevTools option in either:

  • The Compass Settings panel

  • The command line

  • A configuration file

Compass Settings Panel

1

In the Compass top menu bar, click MongoDB Compass.

Settings panel location under the MongoDB Compass system menu

Alternatively, you can use keyboard shortcuts to open the Settings panel:

  • Windows / Linux: Ctrl + ,

  • Mac: ⌘ + ,

2

In the MongoDB Compass menu, click Settings.

Compass opens a dialog box where you can configure your MongoDB Compass settings.

3

Toggle Enable DevTools.

4

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.

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