outputMode

Package: @autotracer/react18  ·  Layer: Runtime  ·  Type: "devtools" | "copy-paste"  ·  Default: preserves any pre-seeded output mode; otherwise "devtools"

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outputMode is a runtime configuration option for reactTracer() — the initializer of the @autotracer/react18 React component render tracing library. It selects the high-level console output preset that controls both tree layout and value rendering.

When omitted, ReactTracer keeps any pre-seeded output mode. If no output mode was seeded earlier, it starts in "devtools".

After initialization, you can also change the canonical output mode with globalThis.autoTracer.setOutputMode(...). See Global Output Mode Control.

Read together with enabled and colors when you are tuning startup behavior and output appearance.

Values

• "devtools": Uses grouped console output and interactive values.
• "copy-paste": Uses line-art tree output and serialized values.

When To Set It

• Leave "devtools" when you are inspecting traces live in browser DevTools.
• Switch to "copy-paste" when you need stable text output that is easier to paste into chat, issues, or notes.

Usage

import { reactTracer } from "@autotracer/react18";

reactTracer({ outputMode: "copy-paste" });