In Firebug, the DOM tab shows a list of all your public variables and objects. In Chrome's console you have to type the name of the public variable or object you want to explore.
Is there a way - or at least a command - for Chrome's console to display a list all the public variables and objects? It will save a lot of typing.
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Type: this
in the console,
to get the window object
I think(?), I think it's basically the same as typing window
in the console.
It works at least in Firefox & chrome.
You may want to try this Firebug lite extension for Chrome.
David Walsh has a nice solution for this. Here is my take on this, combining his solution with what has been discovered on this thread as well.
https://davidwalsh.name/global-variables-javascript
x = {};
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');
iframe.onload = function() {
var standardGlobals = Object.keys(iframe.contentWindow);
for(var b in window) {
const prop = window[b];
if(window.hasOwnProperty(b) && prop && !prop.toString().includes('native code') && !standardGlobals.includes(b)) {
x[b] = prop;
}
}
console.log(x)
};
iframe.src = 'about:blank';
document.body.appendChild(iframe);
x
now has only the globals.
List the variable and their values
for(var b in window) { if(window.hasOwnProperty(b)) console.log(b+" = "+window[b]); }
Display the value of a particular variable object
console.log(JSON.stringify(content_of_some_variable_object))
Sources: comment from @northern-bradley and answer from @nick-craver
To view any variable in chrome, go to "Sources", and then "Watch" and add it. If you add the "window" variable here then you can expand it and explore.
Type the following statement in the javascript console:
debugger
Now you can inspect the global scope using the normal debug tools.
To be fair, you'll get everything in the window
scope, including browser built-ins, so it might be sort of a needle-in-a-haystack experience. :/
Try this simple command:
console.log(window)
The window
object contains all the public variables, so you can type it in the console and then expand to view all variables/attributes/functions.
Updated method from same article Avindra mentioned — injects iframe and compare its contentWindow
properties to global window properties.
(function() {_x000D_
var iframe = document.createElement('iframe');_x000D_
iframe.onload = function() {_x000D_
var iframeKeys = Object.keys(iframe.contentWindow);_x000D_
Object.keys(window).forEach(function(key) {_x000D_
if(!(iframeKeys.indexOf(key) > -1)) {_x000D_
console.log(key);_x000D_
}_x000D_
});_x000D_
};_x000D_
iframe.src = 'about:blank';_x000D_
document.body.appendChild(iframe);_x000D_
})();
_x000D_
Open the console and then enter:
keys(window)
to see variablesdir(window)
to see objects If you want to exclude all the standard properties of the window object and view application-specific globals, this will print them to the Chrome console:
{
const standardGlobals = new Set(["window", "self", "document", "name", "location", "customElements", "history", "locationbar", "menubar", "personalbar", "scrollbars", "statusbar", "toolbar", "status", "closed", "frames", "length", "top", "opener", "parent", "frameElement", "navigator", "origin", "external", "screen", "innerWidth", "innerHeight", "scrollX", "pageXOffset", "scrollY", "pageYOffset", "visualViewport", "screenX", "screenY", "outerWidth", "outerHeight", "devicePixelRatio", "clientInformation", "screenLeft", "screenTop", "defaultStatus", "defaultstatus", "styleMedia", "onsearch", "isSecureContext", "performance", "onappinstalled", "onbeforeinstallprompt", "crypto", "indexedDB", "webkitStorageInfo", "sessionStorage", "localStorage", "onabort", "onblur", "oncancel", "oncanplay", "oncanplaythrough", "onchange", "onclick", "onclose", "oncontextmenu", "oncuechange", "ondblclick", "ondrag", "ondragend", "ondragenter", "ondragleave", "ondragover", "ondragstart", "ondrop", "ondurationchange", "onemptied", "onended", "onerror", "onfocus", "onformdata", "oninput", "oninvalid", "onkeydown", "onkeypress", "onkeyup", "onload", "onloadeddata", "onloadedmetadata", "onloadstart", "onmousedown", "onmouseenter", "onmouseleave", "onmousemove", "onmouseout", "onmouseover", "onmouseup", "onmousewheel", "onpause", "onplay", "onplaying", "onprogress", "onratechange", "onreset", "onresize", "onscroll", "onseeked", "onseeking", "onselect", "onstalled", "onsubmit", "onsuspend", "ontimeupdate", "ontoggle", "onvolumechange", "onwaiting", "onwebkitanimationend", "onwebkitanimationiteration", "onwebkitanimationstart", "onwebkittransitionend", "onwheel", "onauxclick", "ongotpointercapture", "onlostpointercapture", "onpointerdown", "onpointermove", "onpointerup", "onpointercancel", "onpointerover", "onpointerout", "onpointerenter", "onpointerleave", "onselectstart", "onselectionchange", "onanimationend", "onanimationiteration", "onanimationstart", "ontransitionrun", "ontransitionstart", "ontransitionend", "ontransitioncancel", "onafterprint", "onbeforeprint", "onbeforeunload", "onhashchange", "onlanguagechange", "onmessage", "onmessageerror", "onoffline", "ononline", "onpagehide", "onpageshow", "onpopstate", "onrejectionhandled", "onstorage", "onunhandledrejection", "onunload", "alert", "atob", "blur", "btoa", "cancelAnimationFrame", "cancelIdleCallback", "captureEvents", "clearInterval", "clearTimeout", "close", "confirm", "createImageBitmap", "fetch", "find", "focus", "getComputedStyle", "getSelection", "matchMedia", "moveBy", "moveTo", "open", "postMessage", "print", "prompt", "queueMicrotask", "releaseEvents", "requestAnimationFrame", "requestIdleCallback", "resizeBy", "resizeTo", "scroll", "scrollBy", "scrollTo", "setInterval", "setTimeout", "stop", "webkitCancelAnimationFrame", "webkitRequestAnimationFrame", "chrome", "caches", "ondevicemotion", "ondeviceorientation", "ondeviceorientationabsolute", "originAgentCluster", "cookieStore", "showDirectoryPicker", "showOpenFilePicker", "showSaveFilePicker", "speechSynthesis", "onpointerrawupdate", "trustedTypes", "crossOriginIsolated", "openDatabase", "webkitRequestFileSystem", "webkitResolveLocalFileSystemURL"]);
for (const key of Object.keys(window)) {
if (!standardGlobals.has(key)) {
console.log(key)
}
}
}
The script works well as a bookmarklet. To use the script as a bookmarklet, create a new bookmark and replace the URL with the following:
javascript:(() => {
const standardGlobals = new Set(["window", "self", "document", "name", "location", "customElements", "history", "locationbar", "menubar", "personalbar", "scrollbars", "statusbar", "toolbar", "status", "closed", "frames", "length", "top", "opener", "parent", "frameElement", "navigator", "origin", "external", "screen", "innerWidth", "innerHeight", "scrollX", "pageXOffset", "scrollY", "pageYOffset", "visualViewport", "screenX", "screenY", "outerWidth", "outerHeight", "devicePixelRatio", "clientInformation", "screenLeft", "screenTop", "defaultStatus", "defaultstatus", "styleMedia", "onsearch", "isSecureContext", "performance", "onappinstalled", "onbeforeinstallprompt", "crypto", "indexedDB", "webkitStorageInfo", "sessionStorage", "localStorage", "onabort", "onblur", "oncancel", "oncanplay", "oncanplaythrough", "onchange", "onclick", "onclose", "oncontextmenu", "oncuechange", "ondblclick", "ondrag", "ondragend", "ondragenter", "ondragleave", "ondragover", "ondragstart", "ondrop", "ondurationchange", "onemptied", "onended", "onerror", "onfocus", "onformdata", "oninput", "oninvalid", "onkeydown", "onkeypress", "onkeyup", "onload", "onloadeddata", "onloadedmetadata", "onloadstart", "onmousedown", "onmouseenter", "onmouseleave", "onmousemove", "onmouseout", "onmouseover", "onmouseup", "onmousewheel", "onpause", "onplay", "onplaying", "onprogress", "onratechange", "onreset", "onresize", "onscroll", "onseeked", "onseeking", "onselect", "onstalled", "onsubmit", "onsuspend", "ontimeupdate", "ontoggle", "onvolumechange", "onwaiting", "onwebkitanimationend", "onwebkitanimationiteration", "onwebkitanimationstart", "onwebkittransitionend", "onwheel", "onauxclick", "ongotpointercapture", "onlostpointercapture", "onpointerdown", "onpointermove", "onpointerup", "onpointercancel", "onpointerover", "onpointerout", "onpointerenter", "onpointerleave", "onselectstart", "onselectionchange", "onanimationend", "onanimationiteration", "onanimationstart", "ontransitionrun", "ontransitionstart", "ontransitionend", "ontransitioncancel", "onafterprint", "onbeforeprint", "onbeforeunload", "onhashchange", "onlanguagechange", "onmessage", "onmessageerror", "onoffline", "ononline", "onpagehide", "onpageshow", "onpopstate", "onrejectionhandled", "onstorage", "onunhandledrejection", "onunload", "alert", "atob", "blur", "btoa", "cancelAnimationFrame", "cancelIdleCallback", "captureEvents", "clearInterval", "clearTimeout", "close", "confirm", "createImageBitmap", "fetch", "find", "focus", "getComputedStyle", "getSelection", "matchMedia", "moveBy", "moveTo", "open", "postMessage", "print", "prompt", "queueMicrotask", "releaseEvents", "requestAnimationFrame", "requestIdleCallback", "resizeBy", "resizeTo", "scroll", "scrollBy", "scrollTo", "setInterval", "setTimeout", "stop", "webkitCancelAnimationFrame", "webkitRequestAnimationFrame", "chrome", "caches", "ondevicemotion", "ondeviceorientation", "ondeviceorientationabsolute", "originAgentCluster", "cookieStore", "showDirectoryPicker", "showOpenFilePicker", "showSaveFilePicker", "speechSynthesis", "onpointerrawupdate", "trustedTypes", "crossOriginIsolated", "openDatabase", "webkitRequestFileSystem", "webkitResolveLocalFileSystemURL"]);
for (const key of Object.keys(window)) {
if (!standardGlobals.has(key)) {
console.log(key)
}
}
})()
As all "public variables" are in fact properties of the window object (of the window/tab you are looking at), you can just inspect the "window" object instead. If you have multiple frames, you will have to select the correct window object (like in Firebug) anyway.
Source: Stackoverflow.com