Bug 40524 - Web Inspector: Copypasting from the console should prepend an input determiner
Summary: Web Inspector: Copypasting from the console should prepend an input determiner
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Inspector (Deprecated) (show other bugs)
Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Reported: 2010-06-12 05:19 PDT by Pavel Feldman
Modified: 2014-12-12 14:06 PST (History)
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Description Pavel Feldman 2010-06-12 05:19:04 PDT 
(Taken from http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=46422)

Currently, copying text from the console will return plain lines, example: 

foo
ReferenceError: foo is not defined
1
1

It's hard to see what is and isn't human input. Most interactive input consoles will prepend an input determiner, usually ">" or ">>>". Python, for example, uses ">>>":
>>> 1
1

Adding this would make the life of js devs easier when copypasting devtools console logs.


Firebug acts as suggested in the bug.
Comment 1 Timothy Hatcher 2010-06-12 08:32:04 PDT 
I think 1 > with a space is enough.
Comment 2 Brian Burg 2014-12-12 14:06:55 PST 
Closing as invalid, as this bug pertains to the old inspector UI and/or its tests.
Please file a new bug (https://www.webkit.org/new-inspector-bug) if the bug/feature/issue is still relevant to WebKit trunk.