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Safari 6 web inspector woes

Is there any way to get the old web inspector back for the newest version of safari?



Also, I can't seem to refresh the page when web inspector is open, what the heck?

Mac OS X (10.7)

Posted on Jul 30, 2012 11:03 AM

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Jul 30, 2012 6:34 PM in response to andrew297

When using Safari 6's new Web Inspector, I notice it's hsl colors are off by a couple percent. So if I make a css color that is hsl 200 50 50, (blue, medium saturation, medium lightness), the inspector would say the color was really 197, not 200. (It's 200!)


So either all of safari is off or the inspector is... Chrome still reads it as 200.

Jul 31, 2012 8:53 AM in response to andrew297

The option for the Webkit Inspector is under Develop/Use WebKit Web Inspector, but it doesn't work (all the text draws over itself and clicking on the buttons just makes them darker and darker, but doesn't do anything else) I am only on Lion, so maybe it works in Mountain Lion?


Eventually found the documentation at this link:


http://developer.apple.com/library/safari/#documentation/appleapplications/Conce ptual/Safari_Developer_Guide/DebuggingYourWebsite/DebuggingYourWebsite.html


The documentation for debugging says "Select the script file in the resource panel and click in the line numbers to set a break point". This seems to work fine, but if I click on the root page in the resource panel there are no line numbers to click and nothing in the popups. Hmmmm.


The new console enhancements are cool though. Just finish the job and I'll be using it again.

Aug 1, 2012 7:49 AM in response to andrew297

It seems like javascript exection is paused by default when the web inspector is open. This is likely what is causing "can't seem to refresh the page when web inspector is open", javascript is just paused (at least I think that's my problem). I would love to know how to unpause it by default, run all, and otherwise get Safari 6 web inspector back to usable.


edit:

Always easy to fix after you've fixed it.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11743900/stop-safari-6-js-debugger-from-being -so-verbose

Safari 6 web inspector woes

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