Firebug-like debugger for Google Chrome

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Html Problem Overview


Is there anything like Firebug that you can use within Google Chrome?

Essential features I would like:

  • Inspect HTML source (select elements, delete them, etc.)
  • check CSS values (the built-in solution is weird, somehow)

Html Solutions


Solution 1 - Html

There is a Firebug-like tool already built into Chrome. Just right click anywhere on a page and choose "Inspect element" from the menu. Chrome has a graphical tool for debugging (like in Firebug), so you can debug JavaScript. It also does CSS inspection well and can even change CSS rendering on the fly.

For more information, see https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/

Solution 2 - Html

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.

http://getfirebug.com/lite.html

Solution 3 - Html

Just adding some talking points as someone who uses Firebug / Chrome Inspector every day:

  1. At the time of writing, there's only Google DOM inspector and no it doesn't have all the features of Firebug

  2. 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.

  3. Live preview / modification of DOM / CSS is still way better in Firebug; calculated CSS and box model view are better in Firebug;

  4. 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.

  5. 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).

  6. 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.

Solution 4 - Html

F12

I love shortkeys

Solution 5 - Html

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/

Solution 6 - Html

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);

Solution 7 - Html

Solution 8 - Html

The official Firebug Chrome extension or you can download and package the extension yourself.

https://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/chrome/

Solution 9 - Html

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.

Solution 10 - Html

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/

Solution 11 - Html

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.

Solution 12 - Html

F12 (only on Linux and Windows)

OR

Ctrl I

( I if you're on Mac)

Solution 13 - Html

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...

Solution 14 - Html

Solution 15 - Html

If you are using Chromium on Ubuntu using the nightly ppa, then you should have the chromium-browser-inspector

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