Hi Fabrice, if you mean *which file* with "where the element is", then I think my previous answer already explains the situation quite well. Firebug gets its information from the browser. And the browser just knows about the contents it gets back when requesting a specific URL. It does not know how the contents are generated, i.e. how the content is generated on the server. The *Net* panel <https://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/Net_Panel> gives you more information about the network requests and the contents coming back from the server. If you mean the location of the element inside the page, then hover it inside the *HTML* panel <https://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/HTML_Panel>to see it highlighted on the page or right-click it<https://getfirebug.com/wiki/index.php/HTML_Panel>and choose *Scroll Into View* from the context menu to scroll to it.
Sebastian On Wednesday, November 21, 2012 3:33:45 PM UTC+1, FabricePMW wrote: > > Hi, > > I have the same problem as the original poster. Your answer is helpful, > and yet when I use firebug, I click on a single element at a time that I > want to know more about - therefore, why can't firebug hint to me as to > where the element is? It doesn't mean the webpage as a whole won't be a > combination of different elements, it just means when I single out an > element I want to know where it is to modify it... > > > On Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3:16:44 PM UTC+1, Sebo wrote: >> >> This requires programming knowledge and basic understanding of how >> server-side scripts work. >> When you enter >> http://www.ahealthcare.gr/test_for_j25/el/advanced-healthcare-home/%CF%84%CE%B1-%CE%BD%CE%AD%CE%B1-%CF%84%CE%B7%CF%82-advanced-healthcare/%CE%B5%CF%80%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%BF%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%89%CE%BD%CE%AF%CE%B1-%CE%BC%CE%B5-%CF%84%CE%B7%CE%BD-advanced-healthcareit's >> >> *not a single HTML file* that is accessed, but behind that URL there's a >> PHP script that includes other scripts to *dynamically* build up the >> HTML output you see inside your browser (and Firebug). >> When you edit the CSS or HTML inside Firebug you are not editing the >> source files but only what is displayed inside your browser. >> Issue 5035 <http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/detail?id=5035> adds a >> mapping between the HTML returned by the server and the script files on >> your *local* server. >> Though this still requires that you know about the file structure on your >> server. So again, I suggest you read about how >> Apache<http://httpd.apache.org/>, >> PHP <http://php.net/> and Joomla <http://www.joomla.org/> are working. >> >> Sebastian >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/firebug
