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: P5    
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)   
Hardware: All   
OS: All   
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[PATCH] Fix darin: review+, bweinstein: commit-queue-

Description Jaakko Holster 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.
Comment 1 Joseph Pecoraro 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.
Comment 2 Brian Weinstein 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?
Comment 3 Brian Weinstein 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.
Comment 4 Brian Weinstein 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.
Comment 5 Brian Weinstein 2009-11-19 16:38:24 PST 
Created attachment 43533 [details]
[PATCH] Fix
Comment 6 Brian Weinstein 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.