Debug web app in IntelliJ, webapp built by maven, run by jetty

The easiest way is to:

  1. Expand your project in the Maven Projects tab.
  2. Expand Plugins > jetty items.
  3. Right-click jetty:run.
  4. Choose Debug from the context menu.

screen shot of "Maven Projects" panel, context-menu to run Jetty in debug mode

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