Console missing in Html5 releases?

Is it not possible to have the down-bar console in the Html-5 releases?
I have created a single game which I have packaged as both a windows app and a html5 app. Pressing the Tilda key in the windows release pops up the console at the bottom. Testing the same in the HTML release while in either the Full-screen and embedded mode, does not do anything.

Am I missing something that includes the console to the HTML build? Is it simply showing up in the wrong location on the screen? or is it simply not available?

Shah29,

If you package in development, the console command window will appear for you. If you package in shipping, there will not be a console command, unless you’ve coded that option into your project.

I tested this in 4.12.5 and 4.13 preview 2. Each time, I did not run into any issue.

Thanks!

Thanks . The release is indeed a “development” build. In the log files for the html build, I could find:

LogInit: Build Configuration: Development
LogInit: Branch Name: ++UE4+Release-4.12

So it probably should be there. Maybe I am just not using the right key? Is it still triggered by the Tilda(“`”) key, like in the desktop version?

Yeah the ~ or ` key is what you’d press. It shows up at the bottom.

Thanks. For me the desktop builds worked with Tilda so that was what I was trying on the html builds as well. I will test the ~ key later.

On my keyboard, ` and ~ are both on the same button. I’m not sure if that would change based on the keyboard you’re using but it should be the same key for Windows and HTML5.

Make sure you scroll down to the bottom, it’ll be a long console line.

I see. Sorry I have a GB keyboard.
I switched to full screen and could still see nothing. I actually figured the console not showing might be due to problem with the positioning so I carried on a function call on the command line and hit enter but nothing happened and I could see the navigation keys not being captured by the supposedly invisible console. The key hits were actually moving my actor. So not sure why it was not working. I will test it with different browsers tomorrow just to be sure.

  • carried on typing a function call in the non-existent console bar.

I tested with Chrome. If you think that there is an issue with your project, please send the actual sample project, and tell me exactly what steps you took the package it so I can test the same.

Thanks!

I tried all the keys on the keyboard and the key that brought up the console bar, was " @ “/” ’ " key. I tested this on Chrome and Opera on windows so it’s not a browser thing. I wonder what is causing it?
Also, when I did manage to bring it up, hitting backspace to clear my mistyped commands resulted into the browser taking me to the previous page. This happened in both full screen and non full screen mode.

You may want to check your project settings for what buttons are assigned to @ and /. But by default, the ` or ~ button (which is the same button) should open the console command.

Thanks. I don’t think it’s a global project setting. Like I said, the pc build works with the tilda button. Is there a HTML specific settings somewhere?

You could try deleting your projects Intermediate, Saved and Config folders out of the project folder. When I did a search in my version of the engine for ` it brought up a system-wide console command function.

You could also check your Project Settings > Engine > Input before deleting the folders to see if you’ve changed the mappings there.

Thanks!