"Activate Firebug and begin inspecting when it is clicked" no this would suck! especially if by activate firebug you mean load its its windowframe!. .. and so would option 1.. both your suggestions suck.
get it to how it was before.. just because I use the inspect element tool.. doesn't always mean I want the firebug window opening up! ... reason being is that inspect element highlitinig is quick way of seeing the layout of site elements. On Jun 17, 10:31 am, Mike Ratcliffe <[email protected]> wrote: > I never saw the pair of glasses before ... right-click the Firefox > toolbar and select customize. You can drag the glasses icon to the > Firefox toolbar and then click done. > > This creates an inspect shortcut in the Firefox toolbar. > > Clicking on this icon when Firebug is disabled does nothing. I suppose > we should either: > 1. Disable this icon when Firebug is not active > 2. Activate Firebug and begin inspecting when it is clicked. > > I think option 2 would be better. I won't have time to look at this > tonight but I will in the next few days. > > - > Mike Ratcliffe > > On Jun 17, 2:09 am, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Please tell me the text on the buttons or menus you are using. I don't > > think Firebug has a customize toolbar dialog. > > > jjb > > > On Jun 16, 3:42 pm, Xeonz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > "What pair of glasses? " > > > > "Inspect".. the toolbar icon is in the customize toolbar dialog.... > > > using it will give you the interactive element highlighting...same as > > > using the searchlight icon in Fbug > > > > On Jun 16, 10:15 pm, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Ok good we are making progress. We now know that what I am doing works > > > > for both of us. Now the only remaining problem is to figure out what > > > > it is that fails for you. > > > > > See below... > > > > > On Jun 16, 1:49 pm, Xeonz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > jjb.. > > > > > > inspect element as in the toolbar icon(pair of glasses) or using ctrl > > > > > +shift+c.... is not the same as using the context menu on an element > > > > > and then selecting inspect element. > > > > > What pair of glasses? > > > > > Here is how I test ctrl+shift=C: > > > > Install June 5 FF 3.5 from the blog post cited previously. > > > > Using Firebug 1.5a3 > > > > Openhttp://www.mozilla.org/projects/shiretoko/ > > > > Open Firebug. > > > > Put my mouse for the planet image and push cntrl+shift+C > > > > Firebug opens on the HTML panel and selects an img tag with src > > > > ending "...deerpark-icon.png" > > > > > > the functionality missing is the interactive element highlighting > > > > > before the Fbug window frame is opened.. something you also get with > > > > > Fbug open (f12) and using the same inspect element tool. > > > > > I don't understand what you mean here. > > > > > jjb --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/firebug?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
