Is there anything like Firebug that you can use within Google Chrome?
Essential features I would like:
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Just adding some talking points as someone who uses Firebug / Chrome Inspector every day:
At the time of writing, there's only Google DOM inspector and no it doesn't have all the features of Firebug
Inspector is a 'lite' version of Firebug: The interface is not as good IMO, element inspection in both recent versions is now clunky, but Firebug is still better; I find myself trying to find the love for Chrome (since it's a better, faster browser experience), but for development work, it still just sucks for me.
Live preview / modification of DOM / CSS is still way better in Firebug; calculated CSS and box model view are better in Firebug;
Somehow it's just easier to read/use Firebug maybe because of the ease of navigating, manipulating/modifying the document in several key areas? Who knows. I'm used to the interface and I think Chrome Inspector is not as good although this is a subjective thing I admit.
The Cookies/Net tab are extremely useful to me in Firebug. Maybe Chrome Inspector has this now? Last time I checked it did not, because Chrome updates itself in the background without your intervention (gets your consent by default like all good overlords).
Last point: The day that Google Chrome gets a fully-featured Firebug is the day Firefox basically dies for developers because Firefox had 3 years to make Firefox's layout engine Gecko as fast as WebKit and they didn't. Sorry to put it so bluntly but it's the truth.
You see, now everyone wants to move away from Flash in lieu of jQuery motivated by mobile accessibility and interactivity (iPhone, iPad, Android) and JavaScript is 'suddenly' a big deal (that's sarcasm), so that ship has sailed, Firefox. And that makes me sad, as a Mozilla fanperson. Chrome is simply a better browser until Firefox upgrades their JavaScript engine.
Please try Firebug Lite for Google Chrome
The official Firebug Chrome extension or you can download and package the extension yourself.
Just adding some talking points as someone who uses Firebug / Chrome Inspector every day:
At the time of writing, there's only Google DOM inspector and no it doesn't have all the features of Firebug
Inspector is a 'lite' version of Firebug: The interface is not as good IMO, element inspection in both recent versions is now clunky, but Firebug is still better; I find myself trying to find the love for Chrome (since it's a better, faster browser experience), but for development work, it still just sucks for me.
Live preview / modification of DOM / CSS is still way better in Firebug; calculated CSS and box model view are better in Firebug;
Somehow it's just easier to read/use Firebug maybe because of the ease of navigating, manipulating/modifying the document in several key areas? Who knows. I'm used to the interface and I think Chrome Inspector is not as good although this is a subjective thing I admit.
The Cookies/Net tab are extremely useful to me in Firebug. Maybe Chrome Inspector has this now? Last time I checked it did not, because Chrome updates itself in the background without your intervention (gets your consent by default like all good overlords).
Last point: The day that Google Chrome gets a fully-featured Firebug is the day Firefox basically dies for developers because Firefox had 3 years to make Firefox's layout engine Gecko as fast as WebKit and they didn't. Sorry to put it so bluntly but it's the truth.
You see, now everyone wants to move away from Flash in lieu of jQuery motivated by mobile accessibility and interactivity (iPhone, iPad, Android) and JavaScript is 'suddenly' a big deal (that's sarcasm), so that ship has sailed, Firefox. And that makes me sad, as a Mozilla fanperson. Chrome is simply a better browser until Firefox upgrades their JavaScript engine.
Well, it is possible to enable Greasemonkey scripts for Google Chrome so maybe there is a way to sort of install Firebug using this method? Firebug Lite would also work, but it's just not the same feeling as using the full featured one :(
willshouse.com/2009/05/29/install-greasemonkey-for-chrome-a-better-guide/
F12 (only on Linux and Windows)
OR
Ctrl ? I
(? ? I if you're on Mac)
jQuerify is the perfect extension to embed jQuery into Chrome Console and is as simple as you can imagine. This extension also indicates if jQuery has been already embedded into a page.
This extension is used to embed jQuery into any page you want. It allows to use jQuery in the console shell (You can invoke Chrome console by Ctrl + Shift + j".).
To embed jQuery into the selected tab click on extension button.
This doesn't answer your question but, in case you missed it, Chris Pederick's Web Developer is now available for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bfbameneiokkgbdmiekhjnmfkcnldhhm.
F12
I love shortkeys
Or try user scripts: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/user-scripts
Please try Firebug Lite for Google Chrome
jQuerify is the perfect extension to embed jQuery into Chrome Console and is as simple as you can imagine. This extension also indicates if jQuery has been already embedded into a page.
This extension is used to embed jQuery into any page you want. It allows to use jQuery in the console shell (You can invoke Chrome console by Ctrl + Shift + j".).
To embed jQuery into the selected tab click on extension button.
Firebug Lite supports to inspect HTML elements, computed CSS style, and a lot more. Since it's pure JavaScript, it works in many different browsers. Just include the script in your source, or add the bookmarklet to your bookmark bar to include it on any page with a single click.
Forget everything you all needs this browser independent inspector , dom updater
https://goggles.webmaker.org/en-US
just bookmark and go to any webpage and click that bookmark..
this is actually Mozilla project Goggles , amazing amazing amazing...
Or try user scripts: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/user-scripts
The official Firebug Chrome extension or you can download and package the extension yourself.
Firebug Lite supports to inspect HTML elements, computed CSS style, and a lot more. Since it's pure JavaScript, it works in many different browsers. Just include the script in your source, or add the bookmarklet to your bookmark bar to include it on any page with a single click.
Or try user scripts: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/user-scripts
If you are using Chromium on Ubuntu using the nightly ppa, then you should have the chromium-browser-inspector
Forget everything you all needs this browser independent inspector , dom updater
https://goggles.webmaker.org/en-US
just bookmark and go to any webpage and click that bookmark..
this is actually Mozilla project Goggles , amazing amazing amazing...
You can set this bookmarklet in your "Bookmarks Bar" in order to have Firebug lite always available in Chrome/Chromium browser (put this as the URL):
javascript:var firebug=document.createElement('script');firebug.setAttribute('src','http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js');document.body.appendChild(firebug);(function(){if(window.firebug.version){firebug.init();}else{setTimeout(arguments.callee);}})();void(firebug);
Firebug Lite supports to inspect HTML elements, computed CSS style, and a lot more. Since it's pure JavaScript, it works in many different browsers. Just include the script in your source, or add the bookmarklet to your bookmark bar to include it on any page with a single click.
Well, it is possible to enable Greasemonkey scripts for Google Chrome so maybe there is a way to sort of install Firebug using this method? Firebug Lite would also work, but it's just not the same feeling as using the full featured one :(
willshouse.com/2009/05/29/install-greasemonkey-for-chrome-a-better-guide/
Try this, it's called Firebug Lite and apparently works with the beta version of Chrome.
You can also find it at: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/
Or try user scripts: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/user-scripts
Try this, it's called Firebug Lite and apparently works with the beta version of Chrome.
You can also find it at: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/
This doesn't answer your question but, in case you missed it, Chris Pederick's Web Developer is now available for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bfbameneiokkgbdmiekhjnmfkcnldhhm.
If you are using Chromium on Ubuntu using the nightly ppa, then you should have the chromium-browser-inspector
You can set this bookmarklet in your "Bookmarks Bar" in order to have Firebug lite always available in Chrome/Chromium browser (put this as the URL):
javascript:var firebug=document.createElement('script');firebug.setAttribute('src','http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js');document.body.appendChild(firebug);(function(){if(window.firebug.version){firebug.init();}else{setTimeout(arguments.callee);}})();void(firebug);
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