After 7.5 years, Firefox finally adds line numbers to view-source:

Re:After 7.5 years, Firefox finally adds line numbers to vie... by moheeb on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @04:03PM (#3397404)

I never understood this. I believe even Visual Studio defaults to having the line numbers off.

So even though errors are reported as to which line number they are on the line number is not displayed on screen by default!?

Is there reasoning behind this?

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Re:After 7.5 years, Firefox finally adds line numbers to vie... by zobzu on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @08:36PM (#3398262)

Because you can just "go to line" and the current line is also displayed already. having the line numbers in a side column is redundant, so its far from critical (that's why the bug didnt get fixed).

Personally i also prefer to have the line number in the status bar, because side bar adds visual clutter and isn't really useful.

It's the same with VIM btw. Default setup doesn't have line numbers but you see them in the status bar. Some people like to have line numbers on the side tho.

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Re:After 7.5 years, Firefox finally adds line numbers to vie... by TheEzEzz on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @04:09PM (#3397421)

I don't use line numbers in VS, because clicking on an error message takes me directly to the line I care about.

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Re:After 7.5 years, Firefox finally adds line numbers to vie... by sur on Tuesday December 27, 2011 @04:21PM (#3397480)

In Firefox, viewing the source from the error console highlights the line that the error was on.

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