Not seeing the changes live while editing is indeed annoying and often requested. This is covered in bug 815464 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=815464> and bug 1067318 <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1067318> and those are prioritized <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=991806#c17>.
Sebastian On Tuesday, November 29, 2016 at 3:42:20 PM UTC+1, Sherry Sink wrote: > > What happened to the Edit button that was in the upper left corner of the > firebug tools (next to the Pick an Element from the Page icon)? Why isn't > that available in the new Firefox dev tools? > > In the past, all I had to do was right-click on an item on a webpage and > click Edit, and a blank box with just the HTML code for just that item / > paragraph / div, etc. would display. From there I could make changes, add > more code, and *automatically* see the changes added to the page so I > could decide whether or not I wanted to make those changes. I could keep > working and testing and seeing new changes without having to leave the edit > box. > > With this new Firefox dev tools, there is no edit button. I can > right-click on a div within the Firefox dev tools and choose Edit as HTML > but it only brings up a box within the code itself, instead of allowing me > to see it separately. And when I make a change within the code itself, the > changes don't show up on the page unless I exit out of the Edit as HTML > box. Then the changes show up on the page. But to make more changes or make > adjustments to the change I just tested, that means I have to then re-find > the div tag or paragraph tag or whatever I changed and right-click all over > again, in order to go back into the Edit as HTML box option. That's a > gigantic pain, to have to go back in and out of the Edit box in order to > see my test changes or make more changes. It's illogical. You've created > extra steps and made testing much less efficient. It's very frustrating! > > I want Firebug back, not these new Firefox tools. You're making my job > harder, not easier. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Firebug" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/firebug. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/firebug/213ef14c-68ff-4d79-9e5b-b6dfef6ca1d7%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
