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Why is Firebug's console.trace reporting 'anonymous' as the function name during the trace?

Say I have the following code: var f1 = function (a) { return f2(a + 1); }; var f2 = function (a) { return f3(a + 1); } var f3 = function (a) { console.trace(); }; f1(5); I am doing a console.trace in f3 and this is what the Console is displaying: My question is, why is Firebug displaying anonymous instead of the fun...

Prevent logging of AJAX calls in console tab of Firebug like Twitter

Hey, Need to know how i can prevent logging my AJAX calls in Firebug's Console tab, the way Twitter does. When you search in Twitter you get a live update feed saying "5 tweets since you searched". Twitter sends periodic AJAX calls for the live updates, however these AJAX calls do not get logged in Firebug's console tab, you will be ab...

Pagination displaying elements as block - CSS Jquery

Hello, I am trying to implement a pagination with my content and allow the user to filter out results. Here is what I have created: Click Here The Problem: When filtering out content, for example taking out the colors black and green should display 4 results in total. However when doing this the pagination numbers do not update do to a...

How can I watch (i.e. debug) xmlHttpRequest() actions in IE8 ? (using Firebug Lite)

I normally do my web dev using Firefox - I periodically test for cross browser compatability of my pages by using FF and IE. I have just found that one of my AJAX pages stopped working in IE - although it works fine in FF. With FF, I always use FireBug to debug my Ajax interactions. I am looking for a similar tool to use with IE - to se...

Weird CSS Sidebar Issue

Here is the site in question I've got the sidebar working on any other page of the site except for this one; all of the pages have the same template. The sidebar right now is doing the old "go under the content". When I try and edit its positioning in Firebug to anything but relative and then change it back to relative, it snaps back i...

Catching the specific javascript code being executed onClick

I am working on a site that has loads of legacy javascript and jquery includes and there is no documentation to show what is happening when. I have a specific problem to fix and I cannot find the relevant code that is being executed when a button is clicked. To save me from trawling through (and making sense of) hundreds of lines of leg...

ignore firebug console when not installed

I use Firebug's console.log() for debugging my website. If I try viewing my website in browsers without Firebug then I get a console is not defined error. Is there a way to gracefully avoid this error? I found this potential solution, but it seems a bit cumbersome. And ideas? ...

What is the meaning of questionmark in firebug net tab?

Here is the print screen. I have marked the size column with red rectangular. Full image link Added link for Expanded headers ...

Web site migration and differences in firebug time profiles

I have a php web site under apache (at enginehosting.com). I rewrote it in asp.net MVC and installed it at discountasp.net. I am comparing response times with firebug. Here is the old time profile: Here is the new one: Basically, I get longer response times with the new site (not obvious on the pictures I posted here but in averag...

Problems with Firebug??

Hi, Is it just me or does anyone else get errors from firebug when refreshing the following site in Firefox? http://www.martinwhite.co.uk/greg10 One of the many messages is: A script on this page may be busy, or it may have stopped responding. You can stop the script right now, open the script debugger, or let the script continue. ...

Odd DOM Problem with Firefox

Hello. I'm experiencing an odd problem when trying to navigate through a table's rows and cells in a while loop using javascript. I'm using Firefox 3.5.7 on Win7 with Firebug enabled. I have this markup: <table> <tbody> <tr id='firstRow'><td>a</td><td>b</td><td>c</td></tr> <tr><td>a</td><td>b</td><td>c</td></tr> ...

Export FireBug Data

I know there are plugins to export FireBug data, but adding new plugins to our environment is difficult. Is FireBug raw data available in JavaScript or HTML? ...

how to judge with firebug whether a appendTo call was successfull / adding a tooltip to a flot graph

I'm trying to follow this example to add a tooltip to a flot graph. But the tooltip does not show up. $(document).ready(function(){ $("#plotarea").bind("plothover", function (event, pos, item) { $("#x").text(pos.x.toFixed(2)); $("#y").text(pos.y.toFixed(2)); if (item) { $("#charttooltip").remove();...

Logging URL return values into firebug console

Hi Am currently debugging an application with firebug and I would like to view what json/XML values my urls are returning. Am using the MVC structure and therefore something close to jQuery("#list1").jqGrid({ url:'http://localhost/Zend/jqueryapp/public/artist/index', datatype: "json", mtype: 'GET', ...

Is there a way to see a trace of the executed JavaScript in Firefox without using Firebug?

Update: Thanks for the responses so far. To clarify, I'm not really looking for a logger, but more of a debugger/tracer -- I want a dump of every piece of JavaScript that executed and when it executed. I tried Venkman earlier today but it isn't very stable. My theory is that something is going wrong deep in the Dojo code, or even the Fir...

Firebug close button

Is there an easy way to hide/disabled or change meaning of "close" button in Firebug 1.5? I am talking about "power like" button in top-right corner of Firebug window. I have a "small" problem with this button because I constantly hit it when I want to minimize Firebug window. But it disables the Fb window as well. I know there is a min...

Using Firebug to send form data

Is it possible to send AJAX data with params, that aren't in the URL? I have a script that gets information from a form, and the server uses POST and not GET. I noticed the possibility in FireBug to send the params only in the URL. In case it's impossible, is there another program that might help me with that? ...

disable or change shortcut of fullscreen mode in Firefox 3.6 due to Firebug shortcut conflict

Hi, I am using Firebug with Firefox 3.6 on OSX 10.5.8. Since FF 3.6 there is a shortcut to activate fullscreen mode which is "shift" + "command" + "F". But it is the exact same shortcut of Firebug to launch "Display Element Information". Since i never and don't really need fullscreen mode and use extensively the "Display Element Inform...

How can I get Firebug to step-through inline javascript code?

When my javascript code is contained in a HEAD block in my HTML file, it seems I can't set a breakpoint on it to debug it. How can I do this? this is what I see under the script tag: Odd: when I take the javascript block OUT of my HTML <head> area, then the .htm page appears under scripts (kind of counter-productive): ok, t...

Saving the manipulated DOM/HTML after editing it with Firebug

Assume that I've fired up Firefox with Firebug enabled on a random site (say slashdot.org). After loading the site I start editing the page using the Firebug > HTML panel. So far so good: my changes are immediately visible in Firefox. My questions: How do I save the edited DOM tree (represented as HTML)? How do I load a previously man...