[Snip] > > I think the thing that is missing is the ability for Firebug to > > maintain it's state between tab switches - like becoming a background > > process. I am not sure if this is a bug or part of the new feature. > > I don't know what you mean here. Firebug maintains meta-data for each > tab you've activated it on. But if you select a tab that is not > active, like GMail, then Firebug suspends. Background activity on the > other tabs is not tracked while suspended. Note that the Firefox tabs > are an illusion: there is only one process here and one set of debug > APIs. We cannot suspend GMail and not the other tabs (well actually I > think we could get close by filtering, but we don't do it yet). >
I understand the idea of single processes. See below your steps (below) as I am not experiencing what you are describing. > > > > Either way perhaps you can help me by suggesting the settings I should > > use to enable Firebug permanently on certain tabs but disable it > > permanently on other tabs, and I still want to be able to minimise > > Firebug (but it carries on running) for the tabs it is activated on - > > as far as I can see this is only possible with domain based > > activation? > > I guess you are another victim of the [X] change. I'll spare you the > detail and go right to the suggestion: > > 1. Uncheck On for all and Off for all. > 2. On the sites you want to debug, open Firebug. That activates > Firebug for the site. > 3. Don't push [X]. That deactivates the site, you don't want it. > 4. To minimize, either use the [_] minimize function or hit the > Firebug Status bar icon. > 5. To unminimize, hit the Firebug Status bar icon. I followed your steps exactly and I think I get it - it seems to be working as 1.3 now. I think the thing that was confusing me was the "Off for all Web Pages" & "On for all Web Pages" menu options. It seems it is really a three way switch: * On for all Web Pages * Off for all Web Pages * User Activated per Web Page (switching the first two off doesn't instinctively mean the third) Just having the two options in the menu caused confusion and so perhaps you should extend it to three mutually exclusive options. Also can you clarify what 'Web Page' means? Does it mean domain - as in two FF tabs both on the same domain will have Firebug switched on or does it mean on a FF tab by tab basis? Will Firebug remember my settings between FF restarts ie. Session Manager style? - It seems too but perhaps you can confirm. Cheers Nick > > Note that minimize is a property of Firebug now, not of the site/tab. > F12 is bound to the same toggle by default. > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
