I am trying to right click in Chrome and click "inspect" but it is greyed out.. I am seeking help on how to enable the inspect option.
It is possible that for some reason you have developer tools disabled.
Open the registry editor and set the key DeveloperToolsDisabled from 1 to 0, or delete the key.
The path in Windows 10 is
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome
Note that if you are under a work network there may be a security policy that sets this key automatically.
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I'm using Version 80.0.3987.116 (Official Build) (64-bit) on Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.17134.1304]. The Chrome Developer Tools simply do not appear for me no matter which way I try to access them:
ctrl+shift+i
f12
ctrl+shift+j to open the last used panel
ctrl+shift+c to open the elements panel
right click on a web page and select inspect from the popup
menu dots menu -> more tools ->
developer tools
I've restarted my computer. I've gone into settings -> advanced settings and restored all settings to their original defaults, then restarted chrome. This disables all extensions, so even with all extensions disabled it still didn't display. I've cleared the cache.
It was all working last Friday, but not when I tried Monday.
Has anyone seen this or have any other troubleshooting ideas? The only other thing I can think of is uninstall with something like Revo Uninstaller to scrape the registry and filesystem, then in my profile zip up then delete %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Google and %userprofile%\AppData\Roaming\Google. That seems extreme if there's an easier way.
Anyone seen anything similar?
Thanks!
I feel stupid figuring this out so quickly after posting the question. But if anyone else finds this, here's what worked for me.
ctrl+t to open a new tab
enter chrome://flags/ in the address bar
click reset all to default
let chrome restart
I'm not sure which flag was set that caused this. When I searched for devtools, there were three available settings, and they were all set to either disabled or default. And that's what they were after I did a reset all too. So whatever broke it was some other setting.
On my school chromebook developer tools just got disabled or something.
When i right click to inspect an element, the "inspect" button is grayed out and if i click the options button in the top right, go down to more tools the developer tools button is grayed out there too.
Does anyone have any idea what is happening and why it is happening?
(Developer mode is enabled on my chromebook)
On a Chromebook, Chrome Developer Tools is enabled/disabled through Chrome Policies, which is maintained by the Chrome Management Console as part of a Google Work account. In this case, the policy is DeveloperToolsDisabled.
In Windows, it is possible to enable/disable it in the registry, and there is possibly a Preferences file in OSX.
I'm afraid you would need to speak to your school's IT department about this, as they are the only ones with access to these policies.
is your default search engine different than what you originally set it as?
Did any of your other settings change without your consent?
There are several steps you can take to fix this issue which are given below.
Try to reset your browser settings which will revert settings including your default search engine and homepage to the original state. (Note: passwords and bookmarks will not be reset.)
1.Click the Chrome menu Chrome menu on the browser toolbar
2. Select Settings.
3. Click Show advanced settings and find the "Reset browser settings” section.
4. Click Reset browser settings.
Check to see if there is a program on your computer or an extension that’s making unwanted changes. Find your extensions by going to Chrome Menu > Settings > Extensions and disable any extensions you don’t recognize.
I am using chrome version 36+
according to this page, I should be able to allow custom themes using the following instructions:
Installation Instructions
Add this theme
Goto chrome://flags and Enable Developer Tools experiments.
Open developer tools settings, select Experiments tab, and check 'Allow custom UI themes'.
Reload devtools.
I do not see such a tab in the dev tools settings. I see only 'general', 'workspace', and 'shortcuts'
These are some simple steps to follow, hope it will be helpful.
Open a new chrome tab, type chrome://flags
Find, "Enable Developer Tools experiments." using ctrl/cmd+f or simply searching for it by scrolling down the page.
Click the "enable" link
Click on "Relaunch Now" at the bottom of the page.
After restarting Chrome, open DevTools, DevTools settings, and select the experiments tab.
Now select the experiment you want (e.g. "Allow custom UI themes").
You need to reload devtools after: Alt-R will reload devtools itself, or you can just close and reopen it.
To get to the Dev Tools Experiments area you have to click on the gear icon in the inspector.
If still not working you should go to:
chrome://extensions/
And click the 'Enable' checkbox for the DevTools extension you wish to enable.
Had the same issue,
I found I was going to browser settings which is NOT where you should be going to ,
You need to go to developer setting .
i.e right click>inspect element> dev tools
You need to restart the browser after changing the flag at chrome://flags
I found it. There is a checkbox under experiments tab:
Allow custom UI themes
Restart chrome just not means to close the chrome and then open it. you should click the 'Relaunch Now' button of the flags tab. and then it's work for me.
loislo's answer is absolutely right (You need to restart the browser after changing the flag at chrome://flags). But notice that your chrome can work in the background. Go to the tray, look for the chrome icon and exit.
Navigate to chrome://flags/
Find and enable Developer Tools experiments Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS
Relaunch Chrome, open develop tool, setting, you will see experiments tab.
My Chrome version: Version 61.0.3163.100
2022 update: There doesn't seem to be any option in chrome://flags but there is an option:
devtools > settings > experiments > Allow extensions to load custom stylesheets
Is there a way to disable inspect element, right click and F12 in google chrome?
This is definitely not possible to do from a web page.
Even if you disable right click and disable the default behaviors for F12, Ctrl+Shift+I, and Ctrl+Shift+J, there is no way to stop a user from opening Dev Tools on a different page and navigating to your page with Dev Tools already open.
Also, you can access Dev Tools by going to Menu > Tools > Developer tools, which cannot be prevented by any website.
You can run chromium in a java environment. This I have seen, then its impossible to open developer tools, and settings etc are not accessable. But of course it would involve a lot more work and development time.