Bug 92335 - Web Inspector: Open Inspector on side
Summary: Web Inspector: Open Inspector on side
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
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: 2012-07-25 23:14 PDT by rkaplan18
Modified: 2014-08-03 19:05 PDT (History)
11 users (show)

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Description rkaplan18 2012-07-25 23:14:53 PDT
Not a bug, more of a feature suggestion, but it' been bugging me for a while. With most screens being wider then they are tall, It's really inconvenient that the inspector window only opens on the bottom of the page when opening it in the same window. It would be a convenient option for web developers as myself to be able to open it on the side of the page without opening it in a separate window and then losing it in the window stack.
Comment 1 Yury Semikhatsky 2012-07-25 23:39:26 PDT
This is already implemented in Chromium: just select "Settings"->"General"->"Dock to right". Which browser are you using?
Comment 2 rkaplan18 2012-07-25 23:43:23 PDT
(In reply to comment #1)
> This is already implemented in Chromium: just select "Settings"->"General"->"Dock to right". Which browser are you using?

Safari and Chrome on OS X. Is this setting part of WebKit core (as I assumed because the inspectors behave identically on Safari and Chrome) or am I bugging the wrong people?
Comment 3 Vsevolod Vlasov 2012-07-25 23:46:27 PDT
You can also use long click on the dock/undock button for the "dock to right" button to appear (this works in the most recent versions only, e.g. Chrome Canary).
Comment 4 Yury Semikhatsky 2012-07-26 00:04:19 PDT
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > This is already implemented in Chromium: just select "Settings"->"General"->"Dock to right". Which browser are you using?
> 
> Safari and Chrome on OS X. Is this setting part of WebKit core (as I assumed because the inspectors behave identically on Safari and Chrome) or am I bugging the wrong people?

The setting is part of WebCore but it requires embedder's support and AFAIK it is only implemented for Chromium so far. Also the most recent Safari versions seem to use their own inspector front-end implementation.
Comment 5 Yury Semikhatsky 2012-07-26 00:05:38 PDT
(In reply to comment #2)
> (In reply to comment #1)
> > This is already implemented in Chromium: just select "Settings"->"General"->"Dock to right". Which browser are you using?
> 
> Safari and Chrome on OS X.
It should work fine on Chrome on OS X, if not it is a bug.
Comment 6 rkaplan18 2012-07-26 00:08:41 PDT
(In reply to comment #5)
> (In reply to comment #2)
> > (In reply to comment #1)
> > > This is already implemented in Chromium: just select "Settings"->"General"->"Dock to right". Which browser are you using?
> > 
> > Safari and Chrome on OS X.
> It should work fine on Chrome on OS X, if not it is a bug.

Right now it works in Chrome Canary. THat works for me. Hope Safari will implement this.