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elstgav Author

Level 1

4 points

Set Web Inspector to open attached to current window (Safari 5.1)

Okay, this is going to drive me nuts:

I just upgraded to Safari 5.1 on Snow Leopard, and now whenever I open the web inspector (Developer feature), it opens in a separate window. It used to default to opening within the current window, which is what I prefer. Now I have to hunt down the 'Dock to main window' button everytime I want to inspect a page's code!

Any help would be much appreciated; I'm curious if this occurs for others or if this is a conflict with one of my plugins. I've already looked through the Safari preference file (com.apple.Safari.plist) and found 'WebKit Web Inspector Setting - inspectorStartsAttached' set to true, but that doesn't seem to be working.

Safari-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.6.8), Safari 5.1

Posted on Jul 20, 2011 3:52 PM

64 replies

Jul 24, 2011 4:03 PM in response to elstgav

+1. Looks like it's back to Chrome...

Jul 25, 2011 2:15 AM in response to elstgav

Jul 25, 2011 4:35 AM in response to elstgav

+1, please revert.

Jul 25, 2011 8:53 AM in response to elstgav

+1. Apple doesn't officially monitor these forums, and there is no way to view other people's bug reports, so if this issue bothers you please report it:

https://bugreport.apple.com/

Here is my description, you can copy and paste it for your report:

Summary: Web Inspector opens in a new window, even when previously attached to current browser window. There is no way to override this behavior.

Steps to Reproduce:

Open Web Inspector in Safari

Expected Results:

Web Inspector window should open attached/anchored to browser window if previously attached.

Actual Results:

Web Inspector always opens in new window.

Regression:

Appeared in Safari 5.1 on Lion.

knilob1

Level 1

0 points

Jul 25, 2011 9:01 AM in response to stereointeractive

Just did submitted the bug report. Thanks for the reminder. Hopefully a fix for this is coming in 10.7.1.

Jul 25, 2011 9:47 AM in response to stereointeractive

Submitted. Hope they'll get this fixed soon!

Jul 25, 2011 10:03 AM in response to Chris Wright3

+1. It's almost like Apple don't use their own software.

Jul 25, 2011 5:42 PM in response to elstgav

Yes, this is very annoying.

Jul 26, 2011 3:00 AM in response to elstgav

H-Works

Level 1

0 points

Jul 26, 2011 10:49 AM in response to elstgav

Very disappointed by this bug.

I won't upgrade automatically anymore.

Due to this i switched to chrome for web developement and its very good.

mariogoo

Level 1

0 points

Jul 26, 2011 8:38 PM in response to elstgav

Hey, I was having this issue too but once it's open, you can simply "dock" it to main windows - bottom left corner. Not ideal but works

mariogoo

Level 1

0 points

Jul 26, 2011 8:40 PM in response to elstgav

It remains "docked" for that browser window session (even when you navigate to a different site/link

Jul 26, 2011 8:43 PM in response to mariogoo

that is very very far from ideal.... i think most of us web devs know about the docking. but alas, the only real solution for now is chrome. even the webkit nightlies don't have it solved yet.

Jul 27, 2011 5:59 AM in response to elstgav

Jul 27, 2011 7:04 AM in response to elstgav

Set Web Inspector to open attached to current window (Safari 5.1)