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How do I run a .html file in VS Code on Chrome OS? It sais I need to add the absolute path to browser in a Json file.

Trying to open a .html file in VS Code on Chrome OS

U need to install a separate version of Chrome on VS Code then it will work. I just had the same problem and found the solution somewhere hidden on Reddit, but it worked :-)

sudo apt install chromium

Then you can add this to your .vscode/launch.json

  "configurations": [
      "type": "chrome",
      "request": "launch",
      "name": "Launch Chrome against localhost",
      "runtimeExecutable": "/usr/bin/chromium",
      "url": "http://localhost:3000",
      "webRoot": "${workspaceFolder}",
      "smartStep": true
                Yep - this looks like the solution, except that you do not need to specify the executable path once this is installed.  Note that your default browser in crostini (xdg-open and x-www-browser) will change to the chromium install.   This makes sense since the Google Chrome installation probably cannot be re-launched with a debug port on a Chromebook. The VS Code documentation does not lend much help here (github.com/microsoft/vscode-js-debug/blob/main/OPTIONS.md).  Removing chromium does revert the browser redirect.
– Michael Erickson
                Dec 17, 2022 at 1:52
        
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