RESOLVED WONTFIX 80585
Web Inspector: Unable to inspect the inspector in Safari 
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=80585
Summary Web Inspector: Unable to inspect the inspector in Safari
Nikita Vasilyev
Reported 2012-03-08 02:54:56 PST
There was a context menu with a "Inspect Element" item http://trac.webkit.org/attachment/wiki/HackingWebInspector/inspect.png There is no context menu any more. Alt+Cmd+I works in Chromium, but not in Safari.
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Timothy Hatcher
Comment 1 2012-03-08 07:44:45 PST
We only show the context menu item in Debug and Release builds — not shipping Safari versions. It confuses users when it is there. And soon Command-Option-I will toggle the Inspector in Safari, so that isn't suitable.
Timothy Hatcher
Comment 2 2012-03-08 07:45:21 PST
Basically only developers need to do this, and showing it in Debug and Release builds is the right answer.
Nikita Vasilyev
Comment 3 2012-03-08 11:57:44 PST
Although I agree the context menu item shouldn’t be in shipping Safari version, I don’t see it in neither WebKit nightly nor ToT build that I run via Tools/Scripts/run-safari.
Timothy Hatcher
Comment 4 2012-03-08 12:11:34 PST
Ah, I was wrong. It is only allowed in Debug builds. Here is the code: http://trac.webkit.org/browser/trunk/Source/WebKit2/UIProcess/WebInspectorProxy.cpp#L53 To enable it locally, do this in Terminal and relaunch Safari: defaults write com.apple.Safari "__WebInspectorPageGroup__.WebKit2DeveloperExtrasEnabled" -bool true
Nikita Vasilyev
Comment 5 2012-03-08 12:34:36 PST
It works, thanks! I didn’t know there is such a difference between debug and release builds.
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