Configure Visual Studio or Chrome To Launch Multiple Asp.Net Projects In The Same New Browser Window

Question

I have a solution in Visual Studio 2017 with multiple Asp.Net startup projects.

Current Behavior

When I start debugging each project starts in a new Chrome window with a single tab.

Desired behavior

When I start debugging all web pages start in the same new Chrome window, each in its own tab.

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I had the desired behavior in Brave browser, apparently by default—but for business reasons I now need to switch to debugging primarily in Chrome.

So, I suspect this is a browser setting, but as long as I get the desired behavior I am willing to adjust settings in either the browser, Visual Studio or both.

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UPDATE:

To be clear this is not:

• How to use the same browser window every time you start a project in Visual Studio?

Nor is it:

• Stop Visual Studio from launching a new browser window when starting debug?

I do want a new browser window, apart from any previous debugging and indeed a separate instance from any browser I may have already started on the same machine.

Answer 1

To Launch Multiple Asp.Net Projects In The Same Browser Window

You can go Tools menu => Options => Project and Solutions => Web Projects, then you can find a setting called:

Stop debugger when browser window is closed, close browser when debugging stops

Uncheck it and click OK, then you can start the multiple projects in same Browser Window. Note: This behavior after uncheck that setting may not meet all your needs.It will not open in new Chrome instance but in a already running Chrome instance if it exists.

When set the Chrome as default browser in VS. If you've already have a Chrome browser running, start the solution and it will open several tabs in that existing Chrome instance. And only when you have no Chrome instance running, it will start same new Chrome browser window as you expected. So actually this setting only meet part of your expected behavior I guess.

To Launch Multiple Asp.Net Projects In The Same New Browser Window

It seems only when you have no Chrome instance running, this behavior can be reached. And as far as I know, there's no setting in VS can configure VS to always launch Chrome in a new instance with several tabs when start the solution with multiple startup projects.So maybe you can go Developer Community to share your requirement to the Product Team by Suggest a Feature option. Hope it makes some help:)