What happened to "View Source" (of web page code) in Safari 14.1.1 in Big Sur 11.4?

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What happened to "View Source" (of web page code) in Safari 14.1.1 in Big Sur 11.4?

In older versions of Safari, under the "View" menu, there was a command called "View Source" (option-command-U keyboard shortcut) that revealed the underlying html/css/etc. code of whatever web page that was on the screen. However, after I upgraded to Big Sur 11.4, the 'View Source" menu option is gone in the recent versions of Safari, and the keyboard command no longer works.

Why was View Source removed, and how can I create a workaround to quickly view the source code of any web page being displayed in Safari, as formerly was possible?

(I realize that I can in theory "Save As" a Safari page as a "Web Archive' and then later open that file in a web page editing program, and see the code that way, but that's too time-consuming and complicated. I just want to be able to hit a keyboard shortcut or choose a menu option within Safari itself for a quick instant view of the page's underlying code. Perhaps there is some kind of add-on or widget that restores this functionality?)

Posted on Jul 16, 2021 10:51 AM

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dialabrain

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Jul 16, 2021 11:14 AM in response to Tuffy Nicolas

Safari > Preferences > Advanced. Enable “Show Develop menu in menu bar”. It's under there.

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VikingOSX

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Jul 16, 2021 11:27 AM in response to Tuffy Nicolas

Why questions regarding Apple product changes cannot be answered by your fellow users. No Apple product teams participate in these public communities to answer your question either.

You can select Develop Menu > Show Page Source/s and when the web inspector opens at the bottom of the browser, choose the Sources tab if not already selected, then select the third icon from the X button to detach the source view in a separate window. That is a PITA in contrast to how it used to work in previous versions of Pages. It is common sense obfuscation.

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