[Question] Is it possible to select the browser for the Pick locator option of the VS Code plugin?

[ferserc1]

By default Chromium is used, but my project requires support for h.264 video codecs, so I can't use the pick locator option.

Is it possible to configure a different browser in the VisualStudio Code plugin to select a locator?

[debs-obrien]

You can change the default profile in VS Code to run tests on specific browsers such as firefox or webkit or any profile that is set in your config. Then the pick locator will work based on the new default profile that you selected.

https://playwright.dev/docs/getting-started-vscode#run-tests-on-specific-browsers

Hope that helps

[debs-obrien]

Steps in order to get pick locator to work are:

• change the default profile in vscode to firefox for example
• run the test with show browser checked - this will run the test on firefox browser
• click pick locator and it will work on that open browser which is the firefox browser

Running in debug mode also works following the same steps above but changing the default debug profile in vscode and then running the test and clicking pick locator

What doesn't work is clicking pick locator without first running a test as this opens chrome only