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  • - View performance markers in order - The console in Edge showing the PerformanceTiming object, with alphabetical properties, and then using console.table to sort properties. +
  • + Visualize the screen reader order for elements within the page + The source order viewer in Microsoft Edge, showing numbered boxes around elements.
    - When logging performance.timing events to the console, they appear in alphabetical order since they are properties of the PerformanceTiming object. -In order to view them in order, you can use console.... - Read more + Edge has an accessibility tab within the elements panel that, among other things, lets you visualize the order a screen reader will encounter elements on a page. This is determined by the order of ele... + Read more
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  • - View console logs from non-Safari browsers on an iPhone - Edge on iOS, showing the about:inspect page, filled with logs -
    - Using the about:inspect special page you can see your website's logs in Chrome or Edge running on iPhone! -This is important because debugging a webpage that's running in Safari on an iPhone isn't hard... - Read more -
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  • Re-use scripts as snippets The snippets editor in the Sources tool with a snippet open in the editor. @@ -341,21 +286,22 @@

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  • - Console.log() for the web with logpoints - Setting a logpoint in the sources tool. +
  • + View performance markers in order + The console in Edge showing the PerformanceTiming object, with alphabetical properties, and then using console.table to sort properties.
    - Using the console to log some information is a very common way to debug your JavaScript. But you can also log information in any web site using Logpoints in the sources panel. -Here's how to do it: -I... - Read more + When logging performance.timing events to the console, they appear in alphabetical order since they are properties of the PerformanceTiming object. +In order to view them in order, you can use console.... + Read more
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  • - Use document.designMode to spell check your webpage - Edge, with DevTools opened on the side. The designMode trick was used in the Console, and the webpage shows a lot of red squiggly lines +
  • + View console logs from non-Safari browsers on an iPhone + Edge on iOS, showing the about:inspect page, filled with logs
    - Amelia Bellamy-Royds shared a really cool tip to spell-check a webpage's content from DevTools: -Open DevTools, and go to the Console tool. -Type document.designMode = "on" and press Enter. -C... - Read more + Using the about:inspect special page you can see your website's logs in Chrome or Edge running on iPhone! +This is important because debugging a webpage that's running in Safari on an iPhone isn't hard... + Read more
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  • - Understand when the Console opens in the main panel and in the drawer - DevTools, with just one tool displayed, the Elements tool +
  • + Use document.designMode to spell check your webpage + Edge, with DevTools opened on the side. The designMode trick was used in the Console, and the webpage shows a lot of red squiggly lines
    - Have you noticed how the Console tool is sometimes displayed in a top-level tab (just like all other tools), and sometimes in a split pane at the bottom, below the main tool? -If you've been confused b... - Read more + Amelia Bellamy-Royds shared a really cool tip to spell-check a webpage's content from DevTools: +Open DevTools, and go to the Console tool. +Type document.designMode = "on" and press Enter. +C... + Read more
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  • + Console.log() for the web with logpoints + Setting a logpoint in the sources tool. +
    + Using the console to log some information is a very common way to debug your JavaScript. But you can also log information in any web site using Logpoints in the sources panel. +Here's how to do it: +I... + Read more +
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  • Unminify JavaScript code to easily read and debug it The Sources panel in Chrome, showing the pretty-print button. @@ -565,21 +534,22 @@

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  • - Detect the element with focus at any time - Animation showing a web page with focus going through different element, and the Edge Console panel with the live expression showing a preview of the focused element. +
  • + Understand when the Console opens in the main panel and in the drawer + DevTools, with just one tool displayed, the Elements tool
    - If you want to know which element has the focus on the web page at any time, you can use a live expression in the Console tool. -Open the Console. -Click the Create live expression button (it looks lik... - Read more + Have you noticed how the Console tool is sometimes displayed in a top-level tab (just like all other tools), and sometimes in a split pane at the bottom, below the main tool? +If you've been confused b... + Read more
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  • - Test your PWA protocol handlers - Microsoft Edge, with the Application tool opened on the side, showing the Protocol Handlers section. +
  • + Detect the element with focus at any time + Animation showing a web page with focus going through different element, and the Edge Console panel with the live expression showing a preview of the focused element.
    - Progressive Web Apps (PWA) can register themselves to handle URIs with pre-defined or custom protocols (such as mailto, geo, or web+foo). This is a great capability that makes it possible for installe... - Read more + If you want to know which element has the focus on the web page at any time, you can use a live expression in the Console tool. +Open the Console. +Click the Create live expression button (it looks lik... + Read more
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  • - Store a node as a variable to use it in the console - Firefox's "use in console" context menu option in the Inspector, and also showing the Console with a couple of tempN variables. -
    - If you want to use a DOM node from the page in the console: -Right-click the node in the Elements (or Inspector in Firefox). -Click on Store as global variable (or Use in Console in Firefox). -The Cons... - Read more -
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  • Take screenshots of your site in a device frame Screenshot of the devtoolstips.org website in an iPhone frame @@ -796,31 +738,29 @@

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  • - Take high-resolution screenshots of web pages - Firefox, with DevTools opened, and the Console tool visible, showing that :screenshot command +
  • + Test your PWA protocol handlers + Microsoft Edge, with the Application tool opened on the side, showing the Protocol Handlers section.
    - Taking screenshots of all or parts of web pages is super useful (scroll down to the See Also part at the bottom of this page for more tips on that). But sometimes, the resulting screenshots aren't hig... - Read more + Progressive Web Apps (PWA) can register themselves to handle URIs with pre-defined or custom protocols (such as mailto, geo, or web+foo). This is a great capability that makes it possible for installe... + Read more
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  • + Take high-resolution screenshots of web pages + Firefox, with DevTools opened, and the Console tool visible, showing that :screenshot command +
    + Taking screenshots of all or parts of web pages is super useful (scroll down to the See Also part at the bottom of this page for more tips on that). But sometimes, the resulting screenshots aren't hig... + Read more +
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  • Event listeners are suppressed when paused A page in edge with the DevTools Sources paused at a location, and the on-page overlay preventing access to the page. @@ -895,114 +864,90 @@

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  • - Quickly spot out-of-viewport elements - Edge DevTools showing the Elements tool at the top with the DOM tree and the 3D View tool at the bottom, showing a 3D render of the page, with most elements in the same rectangle, and 2 smaller elements outside of the main rectangle. +
  • + Store a node as a variable to use it in the console + Firefox's "use in console" context menu option in the Inspector, and also showing the Console with a couple of tempN variables.
    - Sometimes, either by accident or on purpose, HTML elements end up outside of the visible browser viewport. When they do, it can be really hard to find them in DevTools. Indeed, the DOM tree in the Ele... - Read more + If you want to use a DOM node from the page in the console: +Right-click the node in the Elements (or Inspector in Firefox). +Click on Store as global variable (or Use in Console in Firefox). +The Cons... + Read more
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  • - Simulate the Window Controls Overlay feature for PWA - Edge, DevTools is opened, the Application tool shows the WCO section, and the WCO overlay is simulated in the page +
  • + Quickly spot out-of-viewport elements + Edge DevTools showing the Elements tool at the top with the DOM tree and the 3D View tool at the bottom, showing a 3D render of the page, with most elements in the same rectangle, and 2 smaller elements outside of the main rectangle.
    - If you're building a desktop PWA, you might want to use the Window Controls Overlay (WCO) feature to make your app look more native. With WCO, you gain control over the entire surface area of the inst... - Read more + Sometimes, either by accident or on purpose, HTML elements end up outside of the visible browser viewport. When they do, it can be really hard to find them in DevTools. Indeed, the DOM tree in the Ele... + Read more
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  • - Simulate different devices and screen sizes - Chrome, with DevTools on the side, and the rendered webpage wrapped in the device simulation mode +
  • + Simulate the Window Controls Overlay feature for PWA + Edge, DevTools is opened, the Application tool shows the WCO section, and the WCO overlay is simulated in the page
    - All browser DevTools have a built-in mode that you can use to test a webpage under different screen sizes and device capabilities. -As a web developer, it is very important to realize that your website... - Read more + If you're building a desktop PWA, you might want to use the Window Controls Overlay (WCO) feature to make your app look more native. With WCO, you gain control over the entire surface area of the inst... + Read more
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  • - Simulate multiple devices that are kept in sync - Polypane showing three different devices side-by-side. -
    - Instead of simulating devices one by one and switching between them, Polypane supports testing on multiple simulated devices and viewports at the same time. -It lets you test different simulated device... - Read more -
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    + Instead of simulating devices one by one and switching between them, Polypane supports testing on multiple simulated devices and viewports at the same time. +It lets you test different simulated device... + Read more +
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  • Simulate color vision deficiencies The color vision simulation drop-down in Firefox. @@ -1108,22 +1077,37 @@

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  • - Show web vitals - The web vitals tooltip in Polypane showing a good CLS, LCP and FCP score and a FID score that needs improvement. +
  • + Simulate different devices and screen sizes + Chrome, with DevTools on the side, and the rendered webpage wrapped in the device simulation mode
    - Web vitals are a set of metrics that help you determine how well-built your page is. You can learn more about them here. These scores can be obtained with various online checks like PageSpeed Insights... - Read more + All browser DevTools have a built-in mode that you can use to test a webpage under different screen sizes and device capabilities. +As a web developer, it is very important to realize that your website... + Read more
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  • - See the viewport size - Chrome, with DevTools opened, the viewport size overlay appears in the rendered webpage -
    - The size of the viewport that's used to render a webpage in a browser can be very important at times, such as when creating or debugging media queries. -You can easily know what the current size of the... - Read more +
  • + Show web vitals + The web vitals tooltip in Polypane showing a good CLS, LCP and FCP score and a FID score that needs improvement. +
    + Web vitals are a set of metrics that help you determine how well-built your page is. You can learn more about them here. These scores can be obtained with various online checks like PageSpeed Insights... + Read more
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  • + Select elements with pointer-events:none by holding Shift + Animation showing how a pointer-events:none element normally can't be selected, except when Shift is pressed. +
    + When selecting elements from the page they normally get highlighted on hover and selected on click. However certain elements can't be selected. +Indeed, if an element does not react to pointer events b... + Read more +
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  • - Select elements with pointer-events:none by holding Shift - Animation showing how a pointer-events:none element normally can't be selected, except when Shift is pressed. +
  • + See the page in 3D + The 3D view tool showing a page's z-index stacking tree as a 3d scene.
    - When selecting elements from the page they normally get highlighted on hover and selected on click. However certain elements can't be selected. -Indeed, if an element does not react to pointer events b... - Read more + See your page in 3 dimensions to quickly find out how deeply nested it is, fix z-index stacking issues, and performance issues. +In Edge # +Open the Command Menu by pressing ctrl+shift+P (or cmd+shift+... + Read more
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  • + See the viewport size + Chrome, with DevTools opened, the viewport size overlay appears in the rendered webpage
    - See your page in 3 dimensions to quickly find out how deeply nested it is, fix z-index stacking issues, and performance issues. -In Edge # -Open the Command Menu by pressing ctrl+shift+P (or cmd+shift+... - Read more + The size of the viewport that's used to render a webpage in a browser can be very important at times, such as when creating or debugging media queries. +You can easily know what the current size of the... + Read more
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  • - See formatted JSON responses - The JSON viewer in Microsoft Edge. +
  • + Scroll an element into view + Animation showing how the page is scrolled to reveal the selected element.
    - Edge (starting with 110), Firefox and Polypane all have a very nice JSON viewer tool that makes it easy to view JSON responses from your server directly in the browser window. -You don't even need to o... - Read more + If the inspected web page is long with a lot of elements, and its DOM tree is big and complex, it's easy to get lost, not knowing where the selected element is in the page. +DevTools has got your back... + Read more
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  • - Take a screenshot of part of a webpage from the Command Menu - Edge, with DevTools opened, and the Command menu showing the list of screenshot commands +
  • + See the accessibility tree + The Accessibility tool in Firefox, showing the accessibility tree
    - The Command menu in Edge and Chrome is a great way to do many of the things you can do in DevTools without having to navigate the UI. -Csaba Kissi shared a great tip on Twitter about the Command menu:... - Read more + The accessibility tree is a representation of the structure of a web page that is used by assistive technologies such as screen readers. It is similar to the DOM tree, but it only includes the element... + Read more
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  • + See formatted JSON responses + The JSON viewer in Microsoft Edge.
    - The accessibility tree is a representation of the structure of a web page that is used by assistive technologies such as screen readers. It is similar to the DOM tree, but it only includes the element... - Read more + Edge (starting with 110), Firefox and Polypane all have a very nice JSON viewer tool that makes it easy to view JSON responses from your server directly in the browser window. +You don't even need to o... + Read more
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  • + Replay a XHR request + Chrome's Network tool, with the Replay XHR contextual menu item +
    + When you're debugging an XHR request to a backend service that doesn't respond with the right things it can be useful to send the request over and over again. Reloading the entire page to do so is ted... + Read more +
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    - If the inspected web page is long with a lot of elements, and its DOM tree is big and complex, it's easy to get lost, not knowing where the selected element is in the page. -DevTools has got your back... - Read more + The Command menu in Edge and Chrome is a great way to do many of the things you can do in DevTools without having to navigate the UI. +Csaba Kissi shared a great tip on Twitter about the Command menu:... + Read more
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  • + Find DOM elements from the console + Firefox's console panel, showing 3 different examples of using the $ and $$ built-in console functions.
    - Sometimes, you need to repeatedly test the same user scenario on a website. This can happen when working on a fix or a performance improvement. Testing the same user scenario over and over again requi... - Read more + $ and $$ are 2 functions you can use in the console to find elements in the page. +They are essentially shortcuts to the longer document.querySelector() and document.querySelectorAll() functions, but $... + Read more
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  • - Quickly reference React components in the console - The React DevTools components panel in DevTools, and Console below it, showing the result of $r +
  • + Record and replay user flows + Animation of the Recorder panel automatically replaying a set of recorded steps.
    - Zee shared a great tip on Twitter if you are working with React and have the React DevTools extension installed. -You can use $r in the Console tool to reference the currently selected element in the R... - Read more + Sometimes, you need to repeatedly test the same user scenario on a website. This can happen when working on a fix or a performance improvement. Testing the same user scenario over and over again requi... + Read more
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  • + Start your HTML and CSS prototypes in the browser directly + Edge , with a tab opened on the HTML data-url, and DevTools opened showing the Elements and Sources panels with local changes made.
    - $ and $$ are 2 functions you can use in the console to find elements in the page. -They are essentially shortcuts to the longer document.querySelector() and document.querySelectorAll() functions, but $... - Read more + Sometimes I need a blank canvas to prototype an idea with HTML and CSS. Something outside of the website I'm working on. Maybe I need a new layout or component and I'm not sure yet how to do it. +In th... + Read more
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    - All browser DevTools have a few built-in functions in the console to do things like get the current element, or copy a string. But Safari exposes 2 nice built-in functions: -queryInstances -queryHolder... - Read more -
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  • + Query object instances and holders from the console + The console in Safari, showing the result of queryInstances(app.TodoItem).
    - Sometimes I need a blank canvas to prototype an idea with HTML and CSS. Something outside of the website I'm working on. Maybe I need a new layout or component and I'm not sure yet how to do it. -In th... - Read more + All browser DevTools have a few built-in functions in the console to do things like get the current element, or copy a string. But Safari exposes 2 nice built-in functions: +queryInstances +queryHolder... + Read more
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  • + Quickly reference React components in the console + The React DevTools components panel in DevTools, and Console below it, showing the result of $r
    - Sometimes pausing execution when a line of JavaScript is executed is too much, sometimes you only want to know that the line was executed at all, not pause there. -To do this you can add console.log()... - Read more + Zee shared a great tip on Twitter if you are working with React and have the React DevTools extension installed. +You can use $r in the Console tool to reference the currently selected element in the R... + Read more
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  • - Paste multiple CSS declarations at once - Animation showing how pasting several declarations in a CSS rule in DevTools creates them all. -
    - You know how you can paste a CSS property name or value in the Styles (or Rules) panel? Well, you can actually paste several declarations at once too! -For example, try copying the following entire CSS... - Read more -
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  • + Play a sound when a line of JavaScript is executed + Animation showing how to add the audio breakpoint in Safari Web Inspector.
    - In Firefox, Chrome, Polypane and Edge DevTools, you can screenshot a single node from the page. -Go to the Elements panel (or Inspector panel in Firefox). -Right-click on the node you want to screensho... - Read more + Sometimes pausing execution when a line of JavaScript is executed is too much, sometimes you only want to know that the line was executed at all, not pause there. +To do this you can add console.log()... + Read more
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  • + Name evaluated files with the sourceURL pragma + Firefox DevTools, the sourceURL pragma was used when evaluating some code in the Console, and a new file now appears in the Debugger tool, named after the string provided in the sourceURL pragma +
    + If you insert JavaScript code in a webpage by using the eval() function, or inline <script> tags, you can use the sourceURL pragma to give them a name in DevTools. +For example, when using eval()... + Read more +
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  • + Paste multiple CSS declarations at once + Animation showing how pasting several declarations in a CSS rule in DevTools creates them all.
    - If you insert JavaScript code in a webpage by using the eval() function, or inline <script> tags, you can use the sourceURL pragma to give them a name in DevTools. -For example, when using eval()... - Read more + You know how you can paste a CSS property name or value in the Styles (or Rules) panel? Well, you can actually paste several declarations at once too! +For example, try copying the following entire CSS... + Read more
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    + In Firefox, Chrome, Polypane and Edge DevTools, you can screenshot a single node from the page. +Go to the Elements panel (or Inspector panel in Firefox). +Right-click on the node you want to screensho... + Read more +
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  • + Manipulate global objects on page load, before other scripts run + The Sources tab in Safari's WebInspector, showing the Add resource button and the Bootstrap script type
    - Do you need to find out the dimensions of any element or area in the page? Or perhaps the distance between two things? -If you do, Firefox DevTools may be the right tool for the job. -First, enable the... - Read more + When a page loads, and all of its global objects are ready, but before the JavaScript code of the page actually kicks-in, is a great time to inject debugging code. For example, it might be useful to r... + Read more
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  • + Move panels to re-arrange them + Animation in Edge DevTools showing the move to top/bottom menus. +
    + Moving panels around the user interface can be very useful to make DevTools more unique to you and adapted to your needs. +There are 2 ways that you can re-arrange panels in DevTools today: dragging th... + Read more +
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  • + Measure arbitrary distances in the page + Firefox with DevTools docked on the side. The measure tool icon is in the DevTools toolbar and has been clicked. An arbitrary area has been defined on the page and its dimensions are displayed in a tooltip
    - I often work with large amount of data that I need to go through and gather interesting information from. Sometimes this data is in JSON format. When that's the case, I like using DevTools to turn it... - Read more + Do you need to find out the dimensions of any element or area in the page? Or perhaps the distance between two things? +If you do, Firefox DevTools may be the right tool for the job. +First, enable the... + Read more
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  • + Manipulate complex JSON files using DevTools + VSCode with some JSON data and DevTools next to it with the snippets panel containing JS code to manipulate the JSON.
    - Moving panels around the user interface can be very useful to make DevTools more unique to you and adapted to your needs. -There are 2 ways that you can re-arrange panels in DevTools today: dragging th... - Read more + I often work with large amount of data that I need to go through and gather interesting information from. Sometimes this data is in JSON format. When that's the case, I like using DevTools to turn it... + Read more
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  • + Cut down on console noise using live expressions + The eye button in DevTools
    - When a page loads, and all of its global objects are ready, but before the JavaScript code of the page actually kicks-in, is a great time to inject debugging code. For example, it might be useful to r... - Read more + Using the Console of DevTools to log information that changes a lot is a bad idea. First of all, you flood it with information. Secondly, it can impact the performance of your product. And last but no... + Read more
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  • + Jump from a label `for` attribute to the linked input (and more) + Animation showing the Firefox DevTools Inspector panel, the mouse clicks the for attribute of a label element and the selection jumps to the related input element.
    - Using the Console of DevTools to log information that changes a lot is a bad idea. First of all, you flood it with information. Secondly, it can impact the performance of your product. And last but no... - Read more + In Firefox, you can jump from an element that references the ID attribute of an other element, to that other element, by Cmd+clicking (or Ctrl+clicking) the attribute. +Here is a common example for whe... + Read more
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    - How do certain CSS properties apply to the page isn't always an easy question to answer. -While some properties might be considered simple, others have complex effects that depend on other factors. Pro... - Read more + When selecting elements from the page using the inspect tool, the hovered elements get highlighted, and an information tooltip follows your mouse around and gives you information about the hovered ele... + Read more
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    - When selecting elements from the page using the inspect tool, the hovered elements get highlighted, and an information tooltip follows your mouse around and gives you information about the hovered ele... - Read more + How do certain CSS properties apply to the page isn't always an easy question to answer. +While some properties might be considered simple, others have complex effects that depend on other factors. Pro... + Read more
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    - There are multiple ways to detect and fix color contrast issues with DevTools, but here is a nice one to keep in mind. It's not straightforward to use and takes a few steps, but makes it very nice to... - Read more + If you selected an element in the Elements panel (in Chrome, Safari, Polypane or Edge) or the Inspector panel (in Firefox), you can refer to it in the console using $0. +This shortcut will return the D... + Read more
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    - Here is the scenario: you know there's a specific style that applies to an HTML element in your web page, say some padding, but you can't seem to find where, in the CSS code, that style is coming from... - Read more + There are multiple ways to detect and fix color contrast issues with DevTools, but here is a nice one to keep in mind. It's not straightforward to use and takes a few steps, but makes it very nice to... + Read more
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    + Here is the scenario: you know there's a specific style that applies to an HTML element in your web page, say some padding, but you can't seem to find where, in the CSS code, that style is coming from... + Read more +
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    - Let's say you want to list all of the elements on a page that are absolutely positioned. Or maybe you want to find all of the elements that use CSS grid. How would you do that? -One way is to run a few... - Read more + If you spent time changing CSS in DevTools, either in the Rules panel (in Firefox), or in the Sources or Styles panels (in Chrome or Edge), and you don't remember all of the changes you made, you can... + Read more
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    - The link to X on page Y doesn't work is probably a bug report you've received at some point. But how do you find these broken links before someone else does? -In Polypane, the Outline Panel will show y... - Read more + Let's say you want to list all of the elements on a page that are absolutely positioned. Or maybe you want to find all of the elements that use CSS grid. How would you do that? +One way is to run a few... + Read more
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    - With HTML, you can add alternative text to images using the alt attribute. It can be used to add a text description to images, which is extremely useful for accessibility as some people may not be abl... - Read more + There's a lot of tools in DevTools already, probably more than you use. But in some cases, you may need very specific tools that aren't available by default. +Thankfully, DevTools can be extended with... + Read more
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    - There's a lot of tools in DevTools already, probably more than you use. But in some cases, you may need very specific tools that aren't available by default. -Thankfully, DevTools can be extended with... - Read more + You can expand all descendants under a given DOM node in one go, to avoid having to expand each node one by one, which may take a while. +In Chrome and Edge +Right-click on the node you want to expand... + Read more
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    - If you don't remember the CSS syntax for the box-shadow property (and who does!), then Chrome and Edge can help you with their visual shadow editor! -Select an element that has some shadow applied. -Go... - Read more + Firefox features a position editor that lets you move elements in the page by drag and drop. This works with elements that are positioned in CSS with position:relative or position:absolute and that ha... + Read more
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    - The filter property in CSS lets you change the way a particular element gets rendered. -Firefox provides a visual editor to play with CSS filters. You can add or remove filter functions from the list,... - Read more + In CSS, several different properties use angle unit values, such as the rotate() function of a transform or the linear-gradient orientation of a background-image, and more. +In Chrome and Edge, whereve... + Read more +
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    + The clip-path property is a great way to change the final shape of an element and give it the shape that you want. +You can use this property to make an element be a circle, an ellipse, a polygon or an... + Read more
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    - In CSS, several different properties use angle unit values, such as the rotate() function of a transform or the linear-gradient orientation of a background-image, and more. -In Chrome and Edge, whereve... - Read more + For a super smooth user experience on your website or app, it's better if the browser manages to render your page at a high framerate. Ideally, this rate should be 60 frames per second (FPS). This giv... + Read more
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    - The clip-path property is a great way to change the final shape of an element and give it the shape that you want. -You can use this property to make an element be a circle, an ellipse, a polygon or an... - Read more + If you need to move nodes or elements around in the DOM tree, to re-order things in the page, you can do it by drag and dropping nodes around in the Elements (or Inspector) panel.... + Read more
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  • + Discover all the tools + The list of most tools in Edge DevTools, just to illustrate how many there are
    - If you need to move nodes or elements around in the DOM tree, to re-order things in the page, you can do it by drag and dropping nodes around in the Elements (or Inspector) panel.... - Read more + DevTools is confusing! There's so much functionality packed in such a small UI. Did you know that Chrome DevTools had more than 30 individual tools! Yes, that's right, 30. +It's hard for both new users... + Read more
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  • + Disable all CSS styles on the page + Edge showing a website with no CSS styles. The Console tool is opened on the side, and shows that the expression to remove all stylesheets was run
    - For a super smooth user experience on your website or app, it's better if the browser manages to render your page at a high framerate. Ideally, this rate should be 60 frames per second (FPS). This giv... - Read more + To remove all CSS styles on a webpage, for example to test the accessibility of a page when styles are disabled, or to verify the order in which content is displayed, you can use the techniques below.... + Read more
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  • + Detect unused CSS and JavaScript code + Edge DevTools, with the Coverage tool in the drawer, showing a list of files, and the Sources tool in the main panel, showing one of the files with red and blue bars in the gutter, which indicates which lines are unused vs. used
    - To remove all CSS styles on a webpage, for example to test the accessibility of a page when styles are disabled, or to verify the order in which content is displayed, you can use the techniques below.... - Read more + To make sure your webpage loads and appears fast for your users, load only the CSS and JS code that your page requires to appear correctly. If some of your CSS or JS code is only needed later, when th... + Read more
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    - If you prefer to use console.log() statements rather than the JavaScript debugger because you find it difficult to set breakpoints in DevTools (or you can't), then you can use the debugger statement i... - Read more + Cookies are small files that websites save on your computer when you visit them. Websites often use cookies to remember things about your last visit. For example, a weather website can use cookies to... + Read more
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    - Have you ever been frustrated because you couldn't style a popup or tooltip that appeared on hover? If it uses JavaScript to get displayed, it's hard to style without modifying the code to make it sta... - Read more + As described in Debug popups that appear on hover using JS and in Debug popups that appear on hover using the debugger statement, there are ways to debug popups that appear on hover using JavaScript.... + Read more
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    - As described in Debug popups that appear on hover using JS and in Debug popups that appear on hover using the debugger statement, there are ways to debug popups that appear on hover using JavaScript.... - Read more + Have you ever been frustrated because you couldn't style a popup or tooltip that appeared on hover? If it uses JavaScript to get displayed, it's hard to style without modifying the code to make it sta... + Read more
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  • + Customize the way objects look in DevTools + Example of how a ColorCombo object looks in the Console tool of Chrome DevTools
    - The console.table method is great for displaying tabular data in the console, but what if the objects your're logging contain a lot of properties, causing a lot of columns to appear in the console? -Fo... - Read more + Objects appear in many places in DevTools. Most commonly in the Console tool, but also in various parts of the Sources (or Debugger) tool when you debug JavaScript code. +DevTools is the one that decid... + Read more
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    - Objects appear in many places in DevTools. Most commonly in the Console tool, but also in various parts of the Sources (or Debugger) tool when you debug JavaScript code. -DevTools is the one that decid... - Read more + The console.table method is great for displaying tabular data in the console, but what if the objects your're logging contain a lot of properties, causing a lot of columns to appear in the console? +Fo... + Read more
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    - Sometimes we need to uniquely identify an element that lacks an identifier, so that it can be referenced in JavaScript and other places. All the major browsers have an option to build a unique CSS sel... - Read more + Font CSS properties such as font-size, line-height or letter-spacing can be expressed in multiple different length units (like many other CSS properties). +Firefox, Chrome and Edge allow you to convert... + Read more
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    - A data URL is a URL that starts with the prefix data: instead of http: or https:. This data prefix (or scheme) allows you to embed the actual content of the resource in the URL itself, rather than lin... - Read more + Sometimes we need to uniquely identify an element that lacks an identifier, so that it can be referenced in JavaScript and other places. All the major browsers have an option to build a unique CSS sel... + Read more
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  • + Convert images to data-urls + The Network tool in Edge, an image is selected, the Preview tab is open, and the right-click menu shows the copy image as data URI item
    - Font CSS properties such as font-size, line-height or letter-spacing can be expressed in multiple different length units (like many other CSS properties). -Firefox, Chrome and Edge allow you to convert... - Read more + A data URL is a URL that starts with the prefix data: instead of http: or https:. This data prefix (or scheme) allows you to embed the actual content of the resource in the URL itself, rather than lin... + Read more
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  • - console.log() is great, but do you know console.table()? console.group()? console.assert()? - The Chrome DevTools Console tool showing a table that contains each object in a separate row, and each object property in its own column +
  • + Speed up or slow down a video + Screenshot of the Console tool showing the playbackRate property
    - You probably know about console.log() already, it's a great way to print variables and objects to the console while the code is running, to debug it. But there are other console methods that can help... - Read more + You can speed up or slow down a video on a website by using the playbackRate property of the video element. +This can be very useful for when the website makes it tricky to do this in the UI! +Open Dev... + Read more
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  • + console.log() is great, but do you know console.table()? console.group()? console.assert()? + The Chrome DevTools Console tool showing a table that contains each object in a separate row, and each object property in its own column
    - Using the console of DevTools you can to log some information to debug your JavaScript. -The common way to do that is to add a console.log() statement where you want to learn the value of a certain var... - Read more + You probably know about console.log() already, it's a great way to print variables and objects to the console while the code is running, to debug it. But there are other console methods that can help... + Read more
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  • - Check if your site can be instantly reloaded from bfcache - Chrome DevTools with the Application tool, and the bfcache tab selected, showing a warning that the page can't be cached. +
  • + Change the color theme of DevTools + the settings panel in Edge showing the Theme drop-down.
    - Most browsers are now able to instantly go back to previously visited pages without having to wait for them to load. This ability is powered by the back/forward cache (or bfcache). Firefox, Safari, an... - Read more + Chrome, Firefox and Safari all have a light and dark theme for their DevTools. On top of these two themes, Edge also has about 10 VS Code themes such as Monokai and Solarized Dark. +To change the theme... + Read more
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  • + Create your own simulated devices + Animation of the device mode in Firefox, showing how to customize the list of devices, including adding custom devices.
    - You can speed up or slow down a video on a website by using the playbackRate property of the video element. -This can be very useful for when the website makes it tricky to do this in the UI! -Open Dev... - Read more + You can simulate various different devices from DevTools, to get an idea of how your webpage might render on those devices (note that this is only a simulation, the tool only changes the screen dimens... + Read more
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  • - Change the color theme of DevTools - the settings panel in Edge showing the Theme drop-down. +
  • + Check if your site can be instantly reloaded from bfcache + Chrome DevTools with the Application tool, and the bfcache tab selected, showing a warning that the page can't be cached.
    - Chrome, Firefox and Safari all have a light and dark theme for their DevTools. On top of these two themes, Edge also has about 10 VS Code themes such as Monokai and Solarized Dark. -To change the theme... - Read more + Most browsers are now able to instantly go back to previously visited pages without having to wait for them to load. This ability is powered by the back/forward cache (or bfcache). Firefox, Safari, an... + Read more
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  • - Block resources to test your site without CSS or JavaScript - The Network panel in Edge showing the contextual menu with the "block request url" item. +
  • + Access results from recent Console evaluations + The Console in Firefox DevTools showing how using $_ refers to the previous Console result
    - The various resources loaded by your site aren't always guaranteed to reach your users when they visit your site. Network problems can occur, JavaScript may be disabled, a CDN may be down, or the brow... - Read more + Imagine you evaluate a long expression like $$('*').map(el => Object.values(el.attributes).map(attr => {return {name: attr.name, value: attr.value}})) which extracts the attributes from all of t... + Read more
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  • - Block DevTools - Disabling F12 in Firefox's about:config page +
  • + Block resources to test your site without CSS or JavaScript + The Network panel in Edge showing the contextual menu with the "block request url" item.
    - There are two levels to consider when talking about blocking (or disabling) DevTools in a browser: -Disabling DevTools at the browser level. For example, if you have a browser for web development, and... - Read more + The various resources loaded by your site aren't always guaranteed to reach your users when they visit your site. Network problems can occur, JavaScript may be disabled, a CDN may be down, or the brow... + Read more
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  • - Access results from recent Console evaluations - The Console in Firefox DevTools showing how using $_ refers to the previous Console result +
  • + Block DevTools + Disabling F12 in Firefox's about:config page
    - Imagine you evaluate a long expression like $$('*').map(el => Object.values(el.attributes).map(attr => {return {name: attr.name, value: attr.value}})) which extracts the attributes from all of t... - Read more + There are two levels to consider when talking about blocking (or disabling) DevTools in a browser: +Disabling DevTools at the browser level. For example, if you have a browser for web development, and... + Read more
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