Developer Mode (debug mode)¶

The developer mode (or debug mode) gives you access to extra and advanced tools.

Activate through the Settings¶

Go to Settings ‣ Activate the developer mode.

Overview of the debug options under settings in Odoo

Note

Activate the developer mode (with assets) is used by developers; Activate the developer mode (with tests assets) is used by developers and testers.

Once activated, the Deactivate the developer mode option becomes available.

Activate through a browser extension¶

Go to the settings and extensions of your web browser, and search for Odoo Debug. Once the extension is installed, a new icon will be shown on your toolbar.

For the Odoo Debug extension, a single click enables a normal version of the mode, while a double click enables it with assets. To deactivate it, use a single click.

View of odoo’s debug icon in a chrome’s toolbar

Activate through the command palette¶

The command palette tool has a command to activate the debug mode: open it with the keyboard shortcut ctrl+k, then type debug: a command will show up to activate the debug mode.

Activate through the URL¶

In the URL, add ?debug=1 or ?debug=true after web. To deactivate the debug mode, add ?debug=0 instead.

Overview of an url with the debug mode command added in Odoo

Tip

Additional modes are available for developers: ?debug=assets enables the assets mode, and ?debug=tests enables the tests mode.

Locate the mode tools¶

The Developer mode tools can be accessed from the Open Developer Tools button, located on the header of your pages. This menu contains additional tools that are useful to understand or edit technical data, such as the views or the actions. It contains some useful menu items such as:

edit action
manage filters
edit the current view
see the fields view get
and much more.