Svelte Inpector opens Notepad instead of VS Code

[steff-mat]

Describe the bug

I started a new project on a
Windows 11 Pro 24H2 / 26100.3194
VS Code 1.97.2
Node.js 20.18.1
package.json:

	"devDependencies": {
		"@sveltejs/adapter-auto": "^4.0.0",
		"@sveltejs/kit": "^2.16.0",
		"@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^5.0.0",
		"svelte": "^5.0.0",
		"vite": "^6.0.0"
	},
	"dependencies": {
		"@sveltejs/adapter-node": "^5.2.12",
		"@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte-inspector": "^4.0.1",
		"@tailwindcss/vite": "^4.0.9",
		"pocketbase": "^0.25.1",
		"tailwindcss": "^4.0.9"
	}

Reproduction URL

n/a

Reproduction

• Enable Svelte Inspector with ALT + X
• Click on Svelte Inspector icon
• Click on desired component [log of the specific moment when click event happened]
• Notepad opens up

Logs

vite:time 299.24ms /?file=src%2Flib%2FOfferBox.svelte%3A11%3A1 +9s

System Info

System:
    OS: Windows 11 10.0.26100
    CPU: (12) x64 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-12400F
    Memory: 8.49 GB / 15.82 GB
  Binaries:
    Node: 22.14.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
    npm: 10.9.2 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
  Browsers:
    Edge: Chromium (133.0.3065.69)
  npmPackages:
    @sveltejs/adapter-auto: ^4.0.0 => 4.0.0
    @sveltejs/adapter-node: ^5.2.12 => 5.2.12
    @sveltejs/kit: ^2.16.0 => 2.17.3
    @sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte: ^5.0.0 => 5.0.3
    @sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte-inspector: ^4.0.1 => 4.0.1
    svelte: ^5.0.0 => 5.20.5
    vite: ^6.0.0 => 6.2.0

[Conduitry]

Presumably that's what you have that file extension associated with. I don't think there's anything we can or should do about this.

[steff-mat]

My mistake, forgot to mention as it's set to VS Code

[dominikg]

inspector uses a vite feature under the hood (__openInEditor middleware) and that uses https://github.com/yyx990803/launch-editor

my best guess is you have an environment variable set that makes it prefer notepad over vscode or you are using WSL. the docs and issues in that repo contain some useful information, not a windows user myself, sorry (not sorry)

[dominikg]

file type assignments in os are not checked by it btw, it scans the process list for known process names

[steff-mat]

Nahh... not using WSL...

I'm not sure if I understand exactly how I should implement this change, a bit overkill for my knowledge level thb

[dominikg]

not familiar with windows 11 at all and can't help more than recommending to set the LAUNCH_EDITOR environment variable to your vscode binary: https://github.com/yyx990803/launch-editor?tab=readme-ov-file#to-force-a-specific-supported-editor to force it.

This is not a bug in vite-plugin-svelte nor can we do anything here to change it. Please file an issue at launch-editor repo if it persists and provide extra information there (if vscode is shown in process list when clicking the file, environment variable values for LAUNCH_EDITOR, EDITOR and VISUAL)