@johnjust ... the problems with the previous HTML being displayed when using the right-click inspect element is already fixed and will be part of the next version.
On Mar 2, 9:45 pm, johnjust <[email protected]> wrote: > My sequence of steps would be like this: > > 1. Open Firefox 3.6, Firebug 1.5.2 installed. > 2. Open 5 tabs: Google (tab 1), our companies' Client management > software (tab 2), and let's say 3 other tabs of websites I'm working > on (tabs 3-5), but this can be any number of tabs. > 3, Switch to tab 3, first website I'm working on > 4. Right click a <div>, "Inspect Element" > 5. Firebug opens with the page's HTML grayed out, nothing can be > inspected, it is caching the HTML from whatever tab was opened before > this one (someone above mentioned it was the Firebug icon that was > grayed out, my problem is in the HTML in the Firebug pane being grayed > out, not the actual icon in the status bar) > 6. Refresh the page > 7. Manually open Firebug via the Bug icon on the status bar > 8. Click the "Inspect Element" button > 9. Choose the same <div>, it works fine. > 10. Switch to tab 4, second website I'm working on > 11. Right click a <div>, "Inspect Element" > 12. Firebug opens with the previous tabs' HTML grayed out, nothing can > be inspected > 13. Refresh the page > 14. Manually open Firebug via the Bug icon on the status bar > 15. Click the "Inspect Element" button > 16. Choose the same <div>, it works fine. > 17. Repeat for any other tab I switch to, I can repeat this same > behavior all day. > > I've used the same one step "Right click -> Inspect Element" process > forever, it's only started behaving this way recently. > > I should also mention (as others have tried) that switching back to > Firebug 1.4.5 fixes this problem completely. My normal routine works > fine again. > > On Mar 2, 3:02 pm, John J Barton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Mar 2, 11:27 am, johnjust <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Firebug 1.5.2 wasn't working for me, using Firefox 3.6 on Windows XP. > > > I also have a Linux laptop with the most up-to-date Firefox from the > > > Ubuntu repositories (not sure exactly what version, don't have it with > > > me), as well as the most up-to-date Firebug, but I don't recall this > > > problem happening there. > > > > I was having problems with the right click -> "Inspect Element" > > > option, it looked like it was caching other tabs' HTML. > > > > I normally have multiple tabs open, with multiple Firebug panes. I > > > would switch to a tab to inspect something, and the HTML that appeared > > > would be grayed out, I would have to refresh the page, click the > > > Firebug button, click "Inspect Element", then choose an element to get > > > it to work. Then, I would switch to another tab, open Firebug with > > > the right click -> "Inspect Element", and the HTML would be grayed out > > > again, but it would be the HTML from the previous tab. Running > > > through that same process made it work again, and the next tab would > > > then have that previous tabs' HTML grayed out. > > > > Upgrading to 1.6X.0a5 does not fix the problem, but it behaves a > > > little differently. Instead of graying out the HTML, it actually does > > > generate the HTML for a second, then it flashes back to the inspected > > > HTML from the previous tab. Refreshing the page again fixes it. > > > > If you need any additional info, let me know. > > > Yes, what we need is a precise numbered sequence of steps and URLs > > like this: > > 1. openhttp://getfirebug.com > > 2. open Firebug, reload > > 3. Cntrl-T new tab opens, loadhttp://groups.google.com/group/firebug/ > > 4. open Firebug reload > > 5. ? > > 3. -- 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.
