Thanks for looking into this and taking the time to reproduce this Kara. I really appreciate it.
I'll file a bug report on http://code.google.com/p/fbug/issues/list later today. Thanks again! -Jay On Jul 17, 1:47 pm, Kara Rawson <[email protected]> wrote: > Jay wrote: > > Hi Kara: > > > I believe you've got the idea. I'm surprised to hear that your 1.3 > > version doesn't work as mine did. Do you have Firebug 1.3's window > > directly over the top of Firefox? Or do you have one on one monitor > > and the other on another monitor? > > okay that makes more sense, i was able to reproduce your bug. Yeah that > is very annoying, i changed around my workstation a bit, i used ot have > multiple monitors per one computer, so i would always have my FB in > another window. But now i have multiple computers all with one monitor > using synergy to link em. > > you are correct, 1.4 doesn't bring the FF window to focus, 1.3 does, is > there a bug report filed for this? > > > Serious question: when you click the Inspect button isn't your next > > action to click an element on the page in Firefox itself? Should you > > have to move/minimize Firebug on your own? 1.3 seemed to move itself > > out of the way (for me at least) ... 1.4 doesn't. Was curious if this > > was a bug, intentional or if something had gone haywire in my 1.3 > > installation that had actually provided a beneficial result. > > if FB is inline within your browser, when inspecting, it should minimize > automatically. Which it doesn't, so i cant tell you how many times i > have to click minimize when inspecting, and then focus some off inspect > when i go to minimize, therefore starting this vicous cycle of clicking > till i get it right. SO... generally i just leave it inline, but drag > the height o like 100px or less. > > i would actually like to see functionality of inspect work like 1.3 with > an addition of auto minimize on inspect. This should be an option, > minimize when inspecting (for inline FB isntances). > > kara > > > -Jay > > > On Jul 17, 1:01 pm, Kara Rawson <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Jay wrote: > > >>> I don't know how to be any clearer. What part are you struggling with > >>> understanding? > > >>> In 1.3.x and down: > > >>> Hit the Inspect button ... Firebug cedes focus to the Firefox tab it's > >>> inspecting (it either blurs itself or calls focus on the Firefox tab > >>> it's inspecting [I'm guess the latter]) > > >>> In 1.4: > > >>> Hit the Inspect button ... The Firebug window stays exactly where it > >>> is ... it does nothing ... you have to minimize it to or move it to > >>> get it out of the way of the Firefox tab you want to inspect. > > >>> -Jay > > >>> On Jul 17, 11:36 am, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>> It would be helpful you can be very specific about what you mean by > >>>> "this behavior". > > >>>> jjb > > >>>> On Jul 16, 6:18 pm, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>> When you hit the "Inspect" button in the Firebug window ... this was > >>>>> the way it functioned for me up until the 1.4 release. Now that I > >>>>> think about it, it was more like the Firefox tab that was about to be > >>>>> inspected regained focus... > > >>>>> Am I the only one who saw this behavior in the old version? > > >>>>> -Jay > > >>>>> On Jul 13, 10:49 am, johnjbarton <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>> I've not seen or heard of this "hide on inspect" behavior. Under what > >>>>>> conditions would the UI hide? > > >>>>>> jjb > > >>>>>> On Jul 13, 6:08 am, Jay <[email protected]> wrote: > > >>>>>>> Why doesn't inspect hide/minimize the firebug window anymore? You used > >>>>>>> to be able to click the inspect button and it would then show you the > >>>>>>> current firefox tab. Now firebug just stares at you dumbly and you > >>>>>>> have to minimize it to get it out of the way. I assume this change was > >>>>>>> a request but can't we leave the original functionality in and have it > >>>>>>> as an option toggle? > > >> i have FB 1.3.3 and 1.4b7 and neither minimize the way you describe, > > >> what your saying is that when you click inspect you want it to minimize > >> FB so you can view the entire page? > > >> the feedback i get when click on inspect, it focus the html tab in FB > >> and highlights the dom section in relation to what dom object im > >> hovering overo n the page. > > >> i do think this would be a good option minimize on inspect, as there are > >> certain times where i would find this convient. > > >> kara --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
