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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

David_C

Level 1

4 points

Jul 27, 2011 10:46 AM in response to elstgav

Jul 27, 2011 11:40 AM in response to elstgav

I know it's not ideal, but I'm using Keyboard Maestro to fix this issue for now.

When I hit ctl-opt-cmd-i in Safari, Keyboard Maestro types opt-cmd-i (which opens the web inspector) and then positions the mouse over the dock icon and clicks.

Unfortunately you still have to change the height of the docked inspector each time.

Bonus points: Using BetterTouchTool to map ctl-opt-cmd-i to a three button click on the Magic Mouse.

Jul 28, 2011 7:39 AM in response to elstgav

+1, this is the most annoying change I've come across in Lion and a hassle in my workflow as a web developer. Please fix!

Jul 28, 2011 1:45 PM in response to Patrick J. Lewis

Yes, total pain. Glad it's not just me. While they're at it, if they could finally add the ability to select the 'hover' state of elements that would be nice.

Might have to give FF another go although it had started to beachball quite alot. That said, it's been a few weeks and version 18 is probably out now...