MS can't have crippled IE Toolbar. I must be doing something wrong.
How do I use IE8 Developer tools to browse the DOM/CSS/JS of a frameset site?
I developed a site that uses framesets to achieve a AJAX like effect(it pre-dated AJAX!) -
Now it has developed a small css fault in IE8, but I can't investigate via IE8 Developer Tools.......
I used IE developer toolbar to build the site in the first place - now I feel let down.
Press F12 to bring up MS' version of FireBug which is built into IE8. (Menu: Tools | Developer Tools.)
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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.
I recently made up a HTML/CSS/JS(query) site that looks fine in any browser, any device.
But on ONE device (desktop PC) of one colleague it just renders nonsense. There is only one element visible, totally wrong color and text-style.
When I open the Developer Tools (F12) and go to the tab Emulation, it shows me that Internet Explorer 5 is the default emulation engine. When I change this to Edge or Internet Explorer 11 - BOOM! perfect website rendering.
As I deactivated all browser add-ons and resetted it to default settings, I guess that anywhere it is stated that this browser should use Internet Explorer 5 as the default engine.
Where can I change the default emulation engine?
This error also happens on several other sites on this website. Is there a way to prevent it?
While on an intranet network, please make sure that following option is unchecked.
Press 'Alt+T' to open tools menu and select Compatibility View settings, uncheck Display intranet sites in Compatibility View.
I'm making my portfolio website and I'm using pure HTML 5 no .js the about page doesn't work on iPhone and doesn't scroll everything together some of the elements positions are fixed and don't scroll. I don't own an iPhone but is there anyway to simulate the iOS on computer so I can debug the page? And is there such a tool like "inspect element" in chrome on the iOS safari? If not how can I debug and find how the browser is rendering wrong on the phone? Cause I validated my code and it's supposed to work, but its not!
You can simulate iOS using Xcode and Mac OS.
And for the debug purpose there is no inspect element in Simulator. Yes you can take a help of Accessibility Inspector
In the Simulator >> Go to Settings >> General >> Accessibility
Turn on Accessibility Inspector - This will help you to inspect different elements.
Something important to bear in mind is that because of Apple's policies, all browsers must use Safari’s layout engine to render pages, that means there are very few differences in rendering a page between Safari and other browsers on iOS.
There are two methods that you can use to debug a web page running on your iOS device on your using a browser on your Mac or Windows computer:
1. Debug using a Mac
If you have a Mac, you already have tools to live-inspect and debug web pages on your iOS device.
See here: https://developer.apple.com/library/safari/documentation/AppleApplications/Conceptual/Safari_Developer_Guide/Introduction/Introduction.html
2. Debug using Windows
Xcode and MacOS are not the only way to debug websites running in a browser on OSX. There's a few ways:
Telerik
WineRE
I personally use Edge Inspect when I'm forced to use Windows.
Adobe Edge Inspect
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/edge-inspect/articles/browser-testing-across-devices-with-adobe-edge-inspect.html
i am searching for firebug alternative for internet explorer 8 . i tried the firebug lite . just by embedding the java script code in my hmtl files but its not working effectively.
my website way2enjoy.com is working fine in all browser except internet explorer 8 . when the users log in to their account the middle part disappears.
there are three columns left middle and side but the middle disappears in ie8. i am not able to check as i dont know how to debug css in IE8 . i tried all sort of manipulation by reducing CSS width but unable to solve the issue.
the sample login id and password is
username demo
password demo
You can use IE8 Developer tools. Press F12, this tools are embedded
There is the Firebug bookmarklet called Firebug Lite. It works in pretty much every browser.
IE8 contains its own built in developer tool which you can access by hitting F12 or Tools>Developer Tools. It is not as nice as firebug in ff, but it can be useful for debugging.
If your looking for a client side debugging tool that is as robust as Firebug for Firefox your not going to find it because one does not exist.
You can try Microsoft's Developers Toolbar.
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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.