Comments on: Firefinder: Quick access to what you are looking for

By: robnyman

robnyman — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:17:34 +0000

vdidenko,

The highlighting is intentional, to get a visual match between the logged node and the actual HTML element matching it. :-)

By: vdidenko

vdidenko — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 20:27:28 +0000

Robert,

It’d be very interesting to see what steps two and beyond look like. Usage patterns, skills and individual preferences differ, so I can see how the current functionality may possibly find audience.

Speaking of highlighting, FWIW, my install of Firebug highlights logged nodes in the document, when I hover then in the console.

Vlad

By: robnyman

robnyman — Sat, 23 May 2009 20:09:08 +0000

I’m Robert, developer of Firefinder.

sos,

Absolutely, and I’m looking into tighter integration with Firebug’s features in upcoming versions.

vdidenko,

Nothing wrong with jQuerify or the console in Firebug and its supported commands. Personally, though, I feel that having it as a separate panel dedicated to such features makes it easier to use/more customizable, and definitely a great ground for future enhancements.

Also, in my humble opinion, the console and it’s listing isn’t as easy to use for this specific purpose, and it won’t mark/highlight anything in the actual document.

This is step one with Firefinder, and I definitely have some interesting ideas for the future. :-)

janjarfalk,

Glad that you bring that up! Firebug has lots of great features!

By: janjarfalk

janjarfalk — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:22:59 +0000

You can also filter elements using xpath with $x(). There is actually a lot of ‘hidden’ features in the command line api. Take a look at http://getfirebug.com/commandline.html

By: tack

tack — Fri, 22 May 2009 18:18:47 +0000

Firebug is my hero

By: digitarald

digitarald — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:52:30 +0000

As quick shortcut, type $$(”css-selector”) in the FireBug console and press enter to get all the matching elements as clickable set. $$ is an inbuilt helper from FireBug, known & adopted from prototype/mootools.

By: Darkimmortal

Darkimmortal — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:47:03 +0000

+1 vdidenko

By: vdidenko

vdidenko — Fri, 22 May 2009 14:43:38 +0000

I completely do not see a point in developing a whole plugin for this. Seems to be much simpler to user jQuerify (http://www.learningjquery.com/2006/12/jquerify-bookmarklet) or a similar boorkmarklet from your favorite library . The go to the Firebug console and have a blast with selectors.

What do I miss?

By: sos

sos — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:20:03 +0000

I can see how this would be useful, but it would be much better if double clicking on a dom node took you to the HTML tab.

Also, incremental searches would be good.

By: jwlrs

jwlrs — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:55:33 +0000

i totally need this