Sunday, August 20th, 2006
Web Inspector Enhancements
<p>Leland Scott let us know about the Web Kit teams latest Web Inspector debugging tool.On downloading a new build of WebKit today, I found that Web Inspector finally can provide those critical Metrics and Properties of each DOM element on my web pages. And boy, have they done a great job in the implementation! Every bit as cool and functional as the original bits, so I can now get all the details on any element of the page with a right-click of my mouse (control-click for some folks) and a simple selection of “Inspect Element.†Now come on Firebug fans, don’t you wish you could inspect an element that easily?
Seriously, though, Web Inspector’s chief virtues—the characteristics that have made me anticipate this day for so long now—are its ability to let me quickly focus on one part of a page at a time, and to just as quickly and easily expand the scope of my focus to take in a larger context.
I can’t wait to have this in a non-nightly build, but rather in Safari itself!
Related Content:
Are we pretty much stuck with the Tiger version of Safari until Leopard? Or do they release newer versions as interim updates?
Bummer it’s only for safari.
Would like to see a similar tool for Firefox.
Bummer its only for safari.
Would like to see this as an extension for firefox
If I recall correctly, nightly builds also include the long-desired ability to “skin” INPUT elements (presumably the usual form stuff, in general.)
with firebug it’s f12+inspect and then point and click, very convenient to look through more nodes than just one by moving your mouse around
DaanK Interworking moron, Firebug extension for Firefox is better.
FYI, if you can get your hands on a build of Leopard, you can enjoy the Web Inspector in Safari now. Plus many other goodies that leapfrog capabilities in the other leading browsers (for now). (Leopard is surprisingly stable given it’s not even reached a beta phase yet. I’ve been able to use it pretty much nonstop since moving my accounts & prefs over.)