diff --git a/.env b/.env
index bf5baffe..4b59e331 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -54,3 +54,7 @@ VITE_AUTOMATICALLY_DETECT_UPDATE=Y
 
 # show proxy url log in terminal
 VITE_PROXY_LOG=Y
+
+# used to control whether to launch editor
+# by the way, this plugin is only available in dev mode, not in build mode
+VITE_DEVTOOLS_LAUNCH_EDITOR=code
diff --git a/build/plugins/devtools.ts b/build/plugins/devtools.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..34c08d1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/plugins/devtools.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+import VueDevtools from 'vite-plugin-vue-devtools';
+
+export function setupDevtoolsPlugin(viteEnv: Env.ImportMeta) {
+  const { VITE_DEVTOOLS_LAUNCH_EDITOR } = viteEnv;
+
+  return VueDevtools({
+    launchEditor: VITE_DEVTOOLS_LAUNCH_EDITOR
+  });
+}
diff --git a/build/plugins/index.ts b/build/plugins/index.ts
index 52c72755..1243fc2f 100644
--- a/build/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/build/plugins/index.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 import type { PluginOption } from 'vite';
 import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue';
 import vueJsx from '@vitejs/plugin-vue-jsx';
-import VueDevtools from 'vite-plugin-vue-devtools';
 import progress from 'vite-plugin-progress';
 import { setupElegantRouter } from './router';
 import { setupUnocss } from './unocss';
 import { setupUnplugin } from './unplugin';
 import { setupHtmlPlugin } from './html';
+import { setupDevtoolsPlugin } from './devtools';
 
 export function setupVitePlugins(viteEnv: Env.ImportMeta, buildTime: string) {
   const plugins: PluginOption = [
     vue(),
     vueJsx(),
-    VueDevtools(),
+    setupDevtoolsPlugin(viteEnv),
     setupElegantRouter(),
     setupUnocss(viteEnv),
     ...setupUnplugin(viteEnv),
diff --git a/src/typings/vite-env.d.ts b/src/typings/vite-env.d.ts
index d6ba76f6..c90fb2c2 100644
--- a/src/typings/vite-env.d.ts
+++ b/src/typings/vite-env.d.ts
@@ -108,6 +108,8 @@ declare namespace Env {
     readonly VITE_AUTOMATICALLY_DETECT_UPDATE?: CommonType.YesOrNo;
     /** show proxy url log in terminal */
     readonly VITE_PROXY_LOG?: CommonType.YesOrNo;
+    /** The launch editor */
+    readonly VITE_DEVTOOLS_LAUNCH_EDITOR?: import('vite-plugin-vue-devtools').VitePluginVueDevToolsOptions['launchEditor'];
   }
 }