Listen to "PHP Debug Connections" toggle click

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Hi !

I would like to develop a plugin to automatically toggle the xdebug PHP extension when the user clicks on the debug toggle button in the bottom bar of PHPStorm.

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I’m using AnActionListener on the application. It works for the majority of the IDE actions, but not for the debug toggle button.

        ApplicationManager.getApplication().messageBus.connect()
            .subscribe(AnActionListener.TOPIC, XdebugToggleListener())

Is there any listener I could use for this?

I’m using the following gradle properties:

platformType = PS
platformVersion = 2024.3.4
platformPlugins = com.jetbrains.php:243.25659.45

Thank you!

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Hi, Florian!

Thinking about your idea, but why it’s better than this big icon? Always click there and do not see at all at the bottom line.

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Btw, you may find the button sources and check how it works. I hope there not button, but kind of widget item. I’ve made some for PHP LSP plugin.

com.intellij.platform.lang.lsWidget.LanguageServiceWidgetItem check if there are PHP children and try to handle it.

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Hi Dmitrii,

Thanks a lot for your answer!

Indeed, I have the habit to click on the icon in the bottom bar so I focused on it and didn’t think that it would be different for the big one at the top.

It works now, I’ll continue this way and only later see if I want to dig for the bottom one.

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@florian-bailly great news. Glad to help you!