Bug 22754

Summary:

Keyboard shortcut for Element finder

Product:

WebKit

Reporter:

Jaakko Holster <holster>

Component:

Web Inspector (Deprecated)

Assignee:

Brian Weinstein <bweinstein>

Status:

RESOLVED FIXED

Severity:

Enhancement

CC:

bweinstein, joepeck

Priority:

Version:

528+ (Nightly build)

Hardware:

All

OS:

All

Attachments:

Description	Flags
[PATCH] Fix	darin: review+, bweinstein: commit-queue-

Jaakko Holster

Reported 2008-12-09 01:56:38 PST

I wish the "Select an element in the page to inspect it" button (magnifier icon in the bottom toolbar) has a keyboard shortcut, similar to Firebug's cmd+shift+c. I bet for many web developers it is one of the most used function. Maybe the Develop menu could contain "Select element" item, so people were able to set a shortcut.

Attachments
[PATCH] Fix (1.80 KB, patch) 2009-11-19 16:38 PST, Brian Weinstein	darin: review+ bweinstein: commit-queue-	Details Formatted Diff Diff
View All Add attachment proposed patch, testcase, etc.

Joseph Pecoraro

Comment 1 2009-07-14 18:11:55 PDT

Is this a Safari feature or a WebKit one? I have a feeling this is mostly going to be Safari that has to hook in. Maybe WebKit has to provide a hook? I'll see if I can get someone to mention what would need to be done.

Brian Weinstein

Comment 2 2009-11-19 15:41:48 PST

This should be possible at the WebKit level, just like (Command/Control)-F takes you to the top right search of the Inspector. I'm not sure the shortcut to use here, maybe (Command/Control)-I, for inspect?

Brian Weinstein

Comment 3 2009-11-19 15:42:31 PST

Or we could use Command-Shift-C, like Firebug users are used to. I can lay the groundwork, but some other opinions on this would be nice.

Brian Weinstein

Comment 4 2009-11-19 16:35:58 PST

Since this is a request from Firebug switchers, probably should give them the shortcut they are used to - patch coming momentarily.

Brian Weinstein

Comment 5 2009-11-19 16:38:24 PST

Created attachment 43533 [details] [PATCH] Fix

Brian Weinstein

Comment 6 2009-11-19 18:13:23 PST

Landed in r51225. I'm not sure if we need to support a better shortcut that works more of the time, but I'll close the bug for now.

Note You need to log in before you can comment on or make changes to this bug.