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extjs grid works in Firefox, not in IE

I have a collection of extjs objects on a webpage, developing using Firefox so I can debug using Firebug. After a while I start IE to check compatibility and get a blank page in IE, but all works in FF. In IE I get no Javascript errors. ...

Firebug and Selenium: Performance

I'm a big fan of Firebug - I use it all the time for my web development needs. That said, one of the things I noticed with Firebug is that it significantly slows down the page. In particular, if Firebug is on when a (local) Selenium script is running, the script takes 2-3 times as long to execute, and I sometimes even see timeout errors....

Two questions regarding the net panel in Firebug

hi all, can someone tell me two things about the net panel in firebug? why is there a 'distance' between the first line and the following ones? what is happening there? what is the exact meaning of the blue and red lines on the right side? Any help is REALLY appreciated - thanks a lot in advance... ...

hpricot with firebug's XPath

I'm trying to extract some info from a table based website with hpricot. I get the XPath with FireBug. /html/body/div/table/tbody/tr/td/table/tbody/tr[2]/td/table/tbody/tr/td[2]/table/tbody/tr[3]/td/table[3]/tbody/tr This doesn't work... Apparently, the FireBug's XPath, is the path of the rendered HTML, and no the actual HTML from the...

ASP.NET MVC Controller Action Executing 4 Times Per Request

Has anyone come across something like this before? Basically, I have an action on a controller that merely queries the database via a repository pattern, adds some data to the ViewData then returns the View. But for some reason this action is being called 4 times per request. The whole action itself is only about 10 lines long: public ...

Why does my website need so much time to render?

Hi all, I need to make some performance improvements on a web site and made some major improvements, but now I stuck with a strange problem. When cached, my starting page only needs to load one element (the "root document") - but then it needs some time until it's rendered completely: The elements following are things loaded asynchr...

Firebug "whitelist" mode

How do I get Firebug to do this: (from the Firebug website http://getfirebug.com/using.html) You can browse in two modes - either enable Firebug for all websites except those on the "blacklist", or disable Firebug for all websites except those on the "whitelist". How do I get the second option? I don't want Firebug running for every si...

Browser Independent JavaScript debugger?

Hi there, Does anyone know if a browser-independent debugger exists... For example I have been using Firebug in Firefox but if the web developers use other browsers - nothing. I was wondering if there is some kind of "global" debugger that can attach to any browser and just debug? Any ideas? ...

How to see the print media CSS in Firebug?

Firebug is an excellent tool to to show a screen media CSS for some HTML element, but is there a way to look at the print media CSS too? Or is there any other tool to see the print media CSS? ...

A little help with firebug and jQuery!!

Hi everyone!! I have a div element that when I click on it on IE, it shows me a clue tip. But, when I click in Firefox (or Chrome), this tip doesn't shów at all. I have firebug installed but I dont't have good experience on using it. With firebug, can I know why this tip isn't showing?? How can I do that? Thanks!! ...

Error warning in bottom right corner not showing with Firebug

Hi, For some reason firebug is not showing that litte red 'X' icon in the bottom right corner anymore in my localhost development. Is there a setting that I might have somehow changed? I purposely make an error in my .js file and I get nothing! ...

Firebug debugger not working in FF 3.x ?

Hi, I have been using Firebug for a while now and for the past month I can't get the javascript debugger to work. I mean, it will work sometimes, but it does random things 80% of the time. I don't think that it's just me because a friend of mine have the same problem. I've googled the issue and I can't manage to find an interesting an...

Using the IE8 'Developer Tools' to debug earlier IE versions

Hi guys and gals I am less than satisfied in my HTML/CSS/JS debugging of pages with IE6 and 7 specific bugs. I am aware that IE8 has a Firebug clone, called 'Developer Tools' installed. Is it possible to have IE8 installed (maybe on a VM, i don't mind), set it to compatibility mode (is there one for IE6?), then perform JS debugging a...

Firebug debugging issues

Hi, I am trying to debug a MVC app that uses JQuery. Firstly I have version 1.3.3 of Firebug and I have set the Break on All Errors option and have added a deliberate error but it is not breaking on the error. Secondly after I have activated something that has a javascript function and put breakpoint in and then let it continue, it th...

Make Firebug output errors somewhere persistent

I have some error in my JavaScript which should open a dialog with an image in it (works) and then call the JQZoom plugin on that image (doesn't work). I think Firebug outputs some error into the console. My code is supposed to intercept the click of a hypertext link and then return false to prevent the browser from moving to another p...

Return not in function

Firebug is reporting a "return not in function" error with no location (well, line 1 of nothing). How can I track down the source of this error? return not in function [Break on this error] return(0) javascript:return... (line 1) I'm running FireBug 1.05 on FF 2.0.0.20 on Ubuntu. I found a solution that works (for this configuratio...

How to debug in Firebug when code is in separte JS file?

Hi, I am starting out with Firebug. I have a JS file that has some JQuery in it. how do I debug that code when the HTML page rendered does not have any javascript just ref to my file. thanks Malcolm ...

Dont' see any scripts in Firebug "Script" menu.

Hi, I have enabled Firebug for scipts for my site. But I do not see any in the Script dropdwon menu. The Net tab has them listed as ok. I tried another web site not mine same thing??? Malcolm ...

Why is Firebug making website slow and how to fix it?

Hello, I am trying to debug my web app and i have realised that firebug is making it damn slow. Is there any reason for this? Are there any set of reasons like maybe long js file which cause this problem? Thank you very much. UPDATE Am developing a web-app which will be primarily used by developers. Now if I dont find out what exactly...

How do i remove firebug console from other browsers?

I have developed my site with Firefox and firebug plugin, but when i deploy it to other browsers (IE/Chrome), the console window appears at the bottom of the screen(very annoying). How can i disable this? and why is it appearing? gath ...