---
id: debug-prompt
title: Debug prompt
sidebar_label: Debug prompt
---

:::info
This feature only works in `powershell` for the time being.
:::

The debug prompt is displayed when you debug a script from the command line or Visual Studio Code.
The default is `[DBG]: `.

You can use go [text/template][go-text-template] [templates][templates] extended with [sprig][sprig] to enrich the text.
Environment variables are available, just like the [`console_title_template`][console-title] functionality.

## Configuration

You need to extend or create a custom theme with your debug prompt override. For example:

```json
{
    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/main/themes/schema.json",
    "blocks": [
        ...
    ],
    "debug_prompt": {
        "background": "transparent",
        "foreground": "#ffffff",
        "template": "Debugging "
    }
}
```

## Properties

| Name                   | Type     | Description                                                                                                                         |
| ---------------------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `foreground`           | `string` | [color][colors]                                                                                                                     |
| `foreground_templates` | `string` | [color templates][color-templates]                                                                                                  |
| `background`           | `string` | [color][colors]                                                                                                                     |
| `background_templates` | `string` | [color templates][color-templates]                                                                                                  |
| `template`             | `string` | a go [text/template][go-text-template] template extended with [sprig][sprig] utilizing the properties below - defaults to `[DBG]: ` |

## Template ([info][templates])

| Name           | Type      | Description                                                               |
| -------------- | --------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `.Root`        | `boolean` | is the current user root/admin or not                                     |
| `.PWD`         | `string`  | the current working directory                                             |
| `.Folder`      | `string`  | the current working folder                                                |
| `.Shell`       | `string`  | the current shell name                                                    |
| `.UserName`    | `string`  | the current user name                                                     |
| `.HostName`    | `string`  | the host name                                                             |
| `.Code`        | `int`     | the last exit code                                                        |
| `.Env.VarName` | `string`  | Any environment variable where `VarName` is the environment variable name |

[go-text-template]: https://golang.org/pkg/text/template/
[sprig]: https://masterminds.github.io/sprig/
[console-title]: /docs/configuration/title#console-title-template
[templates]: /docs/configuration/templates
[colors]: /docs/configuration/colors
[color-templates]: /docs/configuration/colors#color-templates
