Is there a Windows application that I could use to simply paste the HTML source of a page, and have it parsed so that I can see where each section starts and ends?
When lines are wrongly indented, it's a pain to figure out the logic of a page.
I'd rather a stand-alone utility rather than an add-on to a browser.
Thank you.
Edit: If possible, I'd like a light utility (ie. not a full-fledged IDE like Eclipse or VS) that displays blocks as a tree, so I can fold/unfold blocks and concentrate on those I'm interested in.
If you develop your HTML in Eclipse or IntelliJ you can use the format code shortcut
The built-in DOM inspectors in most modern browsers would be a good start. I know you said stand-alone rather than a browser add-on, but the advantage with these is that they will highlight the element on the page which is extremely handy. They're also good for playing with CSS and quick Javascript experiments.
For IE8, go to Tools > Developer Tools (or F12). There are a couple of extentions available for IE6 & IE7: IE Developer Toolbar and Web Development Helper
For Opera and Chrome, simply right click anywhere > Inspect Element. Safari also has this it just has to be enabled.
For Firefox you need to download Firebug
Of all of these I prefer Firebug. In my experience it tends to be most stable and easiest to make HTML and CSS changes to the page for experimenting, although the WebKit inspector is also very good.
Always remember that these tools show you the parsed DOM tree, which may be different from the original HTML.
Sounds like HTML tidy will fit the bill.
Many programmer editors already have this in place - notepad++ has a HTML tidy feature, visual studio can also be used (Ctrl + k + d).
Install freeware Opera Browser, navigate to the page, right click on something, press "Inspect element".
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My problem / backstory: I'm still using Opera 12 (Presto-based) with it's Dragonfly dev tools for quick CSS and HTML editing.
Obviously, other browsers are more modern and generally faster, but Dragonfly is the only in-browser tool that allows me to edit any HTML element's source in real time.
I can just double click on any element in the dev tools DOM view (instead of clunky right-clicking -> "Edit as HTML" in Chrome), and then all changes are reflected instantly in real time in the main browser window.
In Chrome and other browsers I've tried, this workflow is a pain, because changes are not updated in real time, but only after closing the HTML editor with Ctrl+Enter (or similar).
Long story short:
Is there any modern browser that allows real-time editing of HTML source, like Dragonfly in Opera 12 does? Maybe even with the help of extensions?
You can try Firebug for Firefox http://getfirebug.com/. It has live html editor in its HTML view. There is also Firebug Lite if you prefer Chrome editor https://getfirebug.com/firebuglite. Also, in the latests versions of Chrome, its developer tools allow you to change element type and its attributes by double clicking on it.
Is there a tool that allows to see the whole page oulined in the browser? For example, I have a lot of hidden divs or images, may be overflown by some other elements and I want to see all the elements outlined, just to see what is placed in what place. If you ever used Adobe Illustrator, you could understand what I mean if you switched to outlines mode there by clicking CTRL+Y. I use FireBug now for something like that, but may be there is something more advanced for that?
Try using the Web Developer add-on for Firefox.
It has plenty of tools for this kind of stuff. Although not one exactly as the outline-mode in Illustrator.
IE8 Developer Tools has a "show all DIV elements" option. Press F-12 to open the developer tools window.
I love Firebug plug-in for Firefox. Firebug allows you to navigate around the page, and it will highlight the element you've selected. It's a very powerful tool and it makes it very easy to see how your site hangs together. Plus it's got loads of other debugging tools built into it. If you're developing web sites, you should be using Firebug.
There are similar tools available for other browsers. Recent versions of IE have the "developers tools" built in, though it's not as easy to use or as powerful as Firebug. Chrome and Safari also have a Developers Tools feature, which is quite powerful. Personally I still prefer Firebug, but they are all useful tools.
Hope that helps.
Web-developer on fire-fox has been very helpful for me. I particularly like the outline block elements which has been helpful for me building sound structures and see how my elements are lining up as I go, and view style information that allows you to hover over all of your elements and see the css path.
It sounds like outline block elements would be what you are looking for.
Are there any tools other than Firebug that can help me figure out why my HTML is layed out the way it is? If you list any tools, please add what they can do which Firebug can't.
WebKit's Web Inspector, used by Safari and Chrome.
Opera's Dragonfly
Both do pretty much the same things Firebug does.
I'm usually using both Firebug and Web Inspector. Though I like Firebug more, I had a few errors that I wasn't able to trace using it (they were just listed as errors), but they showed up in Web Inspector.
It doesn't get much mention or much love, but I find Expression Web SuperPreview helpful when trying to debug layout issues.
I only use Firebug for JS debugging, I use Web Developer for Firefox for anything CSS or HTML related.
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/60/
Great for CSS debugging - while Firebug will show you the CSS, Web Dev does it better giving you a nice window with line numbers so you can easily find what needs fixing, plus you can copy and paste from the window.
Shows underlying form information without looking at the source
Outlines various types of elements on the page
Resize the browser window to the common screen resolutions, or to a specified size (love this feature)
I wouldn't say that Web Developer is better than Firebug, just different.
Is there anything like Firebug that you can use within Google Chrome?
Essential features I would like:
Inspect HTML source (select elements, delete them, etc.)
check CSS values (the built-in solution is weird, somehow)
There is a Firebug-like tool already built into Chrome. Just right click anywhere on a page and choose "Inspect element" from the menu. Chrome has a graphical tool for debugging (like in Firebug), so you can debug JavaScript. It also does CSS inspection well and can even change CSS rendering on the fly.
For more information, see https://developers.google.com/chrome-developer-tools/
Firebug Lite supports to inspect HTML elements, computed CSS style, and a lot more. Since it's pure JavaScript, it works in many different browsers. Just include the script in your source, or add the bookmarklet to your bookmark bar to include it on any page with a single click.
http://getfirebug.com/lite.html
Just adding some talking points as someone who uses Firebug / Chrome Inspector every day:
At the time of writing, there's only Google DOM inspector and no it doesn't have all the features of Firebug
Inspector is a 'lite' version of Firebug: The interface is not as good IMO, element inspection in both recent versions is now clunky, but Firebug is still better; I find myself trying to find the love for Chrome (since it's a better, faster browser experience), but for development work, it still just sucks for me.
Live preview / modification of DOM / CSS is still way better in Firebug; calculated CSS and box model view are better in Firebug;
Somehow it's just easier to read/use Firebug maybe because of the ease of navigating, manipulating/modifying the document in several key areas? Who knows. I'm used to the interface and I think Chrome Inspector is not as good although this is a subjective thing I admit.
The Cookies/Net tab are extremely useful to me in Firebug. Maybe Chrome Inspector has this now? Last time I checked it did not, because Chrome updates itself in the background without your intervention (gets your consent by default like all good overlords).
Last point: The day that Google Chrome gets a fully-featured Firebug is the day Firefox basically dies for developers because Firefox had 3 years to make Firefox's layout engine Gecko as fast as WebKit and they didn't. Sorry to put it so bluntly but it's the truth.
You see, now everyone wants to move away from Flash in lieu of jQuery motivated by mobile accessibility and interactivity (iPhone, iPad, Android) and JavaScript is 'suddenly' a big deal (that's sarcasm), so that ship has sailed, Firefox. And that makes me sad, as a Mozilla fanperson. Chrome is simply a better browser until Firefox upgrades their JavaScript engine.
F12
I love shortkeys
Try this, it's called Firebug Lite and apparently works with the beta version of Chrome.
You can also find it at:
https://chrome.google.com/extensions/
You can set this bookmarklet in your "Bookmarks Bar" in order to have Firebug lite always available in Chrome/Chromium browser (put this as the URL):
javascript:var firebug=document.createElement('script');firebug.setAttribute('src','http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js');document.body.appendChild(firebug);(function(){if(window.firebug.version){firebug.init();}else{setTimeout(arguments.callee);}})();void(firebug);
Or try user scripts: http://dev.chromium.org/developers/design-documents/user-scripts
jQuerify is the perfect extension to embed jQuery into Chrome Console and is as simple as you can imagine. This extension also indicates if jQuery has been already embedded into a page.
This extension is used to embed jQuery into any page you want. It allows to use jQuery in the console shell (You can invoke Chrome console by Ctrl + Shift + j".).
To embed jQuery into the selected tab click on extension button.
The official Firebug Chrome extension or you can download and package the extension yourself.
https://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/chrome/
Well, it is possible to enable Greasemonkey scripts for Google Chrome so maybe there is a way to sort of install Firebug using this method? Firebug Lite would also work, but it's just not the same feeling as using the full featured one :(
willshouse.com/2009/05/29/install-greasemonkey-for-chrome-a-better-guide/
This doesn't answer your question but, in case you missed it, Chris Pederick's Web Developer is now available for Chrome: https://chrome.google.com/extensions/detail/bfbameneiokkgbdmiekhjnmfkcnldhhm.
Forget everything you all needs this browser independent inspector , dom updater
https://goggles.webmaker.org/en-US
just bookmark and go to any webpage and click that bookmark..
this is actually Mozilla project Goggles , amazing amazing amazing...
F12 (only on Linux and Windows)
OR
Ctrl ⇧ I
(⌥ ⌘ I if you're on Mac)
Please try Firebug Lite for Google Chrome
If you are using Chromium on Ubuntu using the nightly ppa, then you should have the chromium-browser-inspector
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Debugging JavaScript in IE7
Firefox has Web Developer plugin and Firebug for troubleshooting html/css/javascript issues. Google Chrome and Safari have a very similar console and right-click options for "Inspect Element".
Does IE7 have anything similar for troubleshooting layout/html/css issues?
Yes - The Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
Download details: Internet Explorer Developer Toolbar
You can also use Firebug Lite, wich works on IE, Opera and Safari.
It's a Javascript implementation that you can load with a simple bookmarklet.
As SO doesn't allow Javascript, here is the bookmarklet source code (just copy paste to your browser location bar (always make sure it's safe before executing random javascript (In any case check the first link)))
javascript:var%20firebug=document.createElement('script');firebug.setAttribute('src','http://getfirebug.com/releases/lite/1.2/firebug-lite-compressed.js');document.body.appendChild(firebug);(function(){if(window.firebug.version){firebug.init();}else{setTimeout(arguments.callee);}})();void(firebug);
Firebug Lite supports all basic commands of Firebug.
I have also used Debug Bar.
Check out the IE Developer toolboar.
Web Development Helper
Web Development Helper is a free browser extension for Internet Explorer that provides a set of tools and utilities for the Web developer, esp. Ajax and ASP.NET developers. The tool provides features such as a DOM inspector, an HTTP tracing tool, and script diagnostics and immediate window.
Web Development Helper works against IE6+, and requires the .NET Framework 2.0 or greater to be installed on the machine.
Once installed, the tool can be activated using the Tools | Web Development Helper command. You can also customize your browser's toolbar to add a button for this command to facilitate frequest use. Clicking on the menu command or browser button brings up the tool's console window and set of commands.
Page Features:
DOM inspector allows viewing all elements, selected elements, or elements matching an ID or CSS class, their attributes and styles.
Capturing a screen shot of the current page.
Viewing page information such as metadata, tags, and linked resources. .......
unfortunately it seems microsoft have discontinued it, the page for the toolbar now just says 'We are sorry, the page you requested cannot be found.'
I reckon because its built into 8 they have removed it for download, and cant be bothered with helping out us devs who are forced to make our projects work in their more archaic browsers :'(
Also before anyone says it, IE8 compatability mode != IE7
There's a toolbar you can get but it still doesn't match up to Firefox, especially for javascript debugging.
IE8 will be a huge improvement for development.
The following is specifically for IE7, other versions are probably similar.
Here is the new link to the developmment tools from microsoft.(as of 4-26-2011) IE Development Tools
Once installed, you will need to enable the toolbar.
To Enable, click on Tools | Manage Add-Ons | Enable or Disable Add-ons, to enable the addon.
To add the icon to the IE Toolbar, right click on the IE menu | Customize Command Bar | Add or Remove Commands. Add the "< (arrow) >" icon.
Hope that helps.
You can also use IE watch, which is like firebug, but you need to buy it. It is a 30 days trail version.
Actually, the best add-on for developers to IE would be Fiddler. It has a number of features that the other browsers possess.