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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

Aug 22, 2011 6:16 AM in response to amarime

Not at all for me. Webkit = not yet. The console opens 3/4 of the page and pushing cmd+alt+i doesn't close it back. -_-x

Sep 7, 2011 1:59 AM in response to elstgav

+5, one for each Mac we develop on.

Sol1313

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4 points

Sep 30, 2011 11:53 AM in response to elstgav

+2 Hopefully this will be fixed soon. I use it to develop on all my computers and this makes my work harder. Hopefully Apple is listening and will fix it with the next release or sooner.

elstgav Author

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4 points

Oct 16, 2011 2:02 PM in response to elstgav

Looks like the original issue I posted (opening in a separate window) has been addressed in the latest Lion update (10.7.2), or more specifically, Safari 5.1.1

For other issues (e.g. the size of the inspector, toggling with the keyboard shortcut), please open a new discussion so that the community can focus on fixing those independant issues.

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