Re:Firefox Developer Tool Features for Firefox 23
by robcee on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @11:40AM
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The Security filter shows CSP errors and mixed content warnings among other things. I expect the security team will add more messages to that section of the console over time.
We're going to revamp the Console's output area fairly significantly in the next few months. Better Object output is high on the list of changes.
(you can use console.dir(object) for an inlined inspector view, or inspect(object) in the console's jsterm input line to view the object in the sidebar)
Shift-Enter turns the Console's input line into a multi-line input.
We're hoping to add autocomplete to the Scratchpad down the road too.
Re:Firefox Developer Tool Features for Firefox 23
by kibwen on Tuesday May 21, 2013 @12:00PM
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Ah, that all sounds wonderful, thanks. Shift-enter for multi-line input is actually nicer than Firebug's modal toggle (though less discoverable). And since I think 23 actually broke Firebug's console, I'll certainly be getting more acquainted with the built-in tools for a little while. :)
Congratulations to the tools team, I'm loving the network panel and the object inspector. And the built-in tools are so much more responsive than Firebug that I'm tempted to switch right now. There are just two things that I'm immediately missing:
1) When I log objects, Firebug prints a preview such as ["a", "b", "c"] or {foo: 1, bar: 2} to the console, whereas the built-in tools print [object Array] or [object Object] and force me to rely on the object inspector (which I'd really just like to use for very large objects, rather than every single little object).
2) I like to try out snippets of code that are longer than a single line, but I'm not a huge fan of the scratchpad (can't be docked, no autocomplete). Firebug allows the console input to toggle between single-line and multi-line, and I'd love if the built-in tools had this as well.
I'm sure I'll stumble across more differences, but the tools really are looking great. Congratulations again on coming so far in so short a time.