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web development debugging in Safari

If you are trying to do web development using Safari, or debug a problem that is occurring in Safari, there is a hidden debug menu that will make your job a lot easier.

To get it, close Safari (make sure it is completely closed, not still open in the dock). Then open up a terminal window and type the following:

defaults write com.apple.Safari IncludeDebugMenu 1

Restart Safari and you'll now see a Debug menu to the right of the Help menu. The debug menu provides things like showing the DOM/rendering/view trees, a good javascript console, and code profiling to name but a few things.
Rating: 100% positive, 2 total Votes
Categories: browsers safari OS X Mac
Added: on Apr 16, 2007 at 9:23 pm
Added By: ang

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