# Ability to pause the debug window

**URL:** <https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ability-to-pause-the-debug-window/30112>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [15 July 2020 09:24 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ability-to-pause-the-debug-window/30112 "2020-07-15T09:24:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [15 July 2020 09:34 UTC](https://discourse.nodered.org/t/ability-to-pause-the-debug-window/30112/3 "2020-07-15T09:34:54Z")

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Hi @C5H8NNaO4

if you scroll the debug sidebar up a bit, it _should_ stop the scrolling. Although that doesn't always work reliably - particularly once it gets beyond the 100 message limit and starts removing messages.

So yes, having better controls around the Debug sidebar is on the backlog.

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