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Web Developer by chrispederick

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  • by Firefox user 13465535, 7 years ago
    This new version is totally useless for me. I need the tool "Display style information" back. Also this change made the whole Firefox totally useless for me. Where I could download the old version of the developer toolbar and old version of Firefox. This is really important and freezes all my work. Used to be 5 star extension, now 1 star. All I can do is star a uninstall process of Firefox browsers from all our school computers and searching a new tool. Sad end for such a great browser.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    The ‘Display Style Information’ feature had to be removed as Firefox removed the APIs that it was using. The best replacement for this feature is the CSS inspector built into the browser developer tools:

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Page_Inspector/How_to/Examine_and_edit_CSS

    Older versions of the extension are available here, but note that they are not supported and will not work in future versions of Firefox:

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/
  • by Firefox user 13465293, 7 years ago
    I know the "disable javascript" Tab has gone, but I need to put the javascript on. All slideshows and dropdown menus are no more working since update to Firefox Quantum.
    How I can remove the web developer tool complete with all settings and restore the basic settings again.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    You can downgrade to Firefox 56 and reinstall the 1.2.13 version of Web Developer from here to change any of the old built-in browser settings:

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/

    Or you can use about:config to reset the javascript.enabled preference:

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox

    Or you can create a new profile, but that will remove all your settings including bookmarks etc:

    https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles
  • by Firefox user 13464889, 7 years ago
    Used to be able to move the tools around. Now, with the current version (2.0.1) we're stuck with them in specific locations and it makes it nearly impossible for me to use this addon with my job.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Firefox no longer allows extensions to do this so there is nothing I can do to fix this on my end.
  • by OthelloBloke, 7 years ago
    I desperately need the 'View Style Information' option back.

    I don't use the word desperately lightly. Help me. I can't find it.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    The ‘Display Style Information’ feature had to be removed as Firefox removed the APIs that it was using. The best replacement for this feature is the CSS inspector built into the browser developer tools:

    https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Tools/Page_Inspector/How_to/Examine_and_edit_CSS
  • by S, 7 years ago
    update to v 2.0.1 Build Date November 15, 2017 / firefox 57 / Xubuntu 16.04

    The "Disable tab" (javascript, cookies...) has disappeared, it is no longer translated in French, and the inclusion as a toolbar and/or a contextual menu was much better (test window 800px wide) and I lost my "Resize" settings

    I want my favorite Web Developer tool come back !

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Firefox no longer provides the APIs that powered the disable functionality so all of those features had to be removed. I have asked for those APIs to be restored, but until that happens there is nothing that I can do.

    Localizations also work completely differently in the new Firefox so they need to be completely rewritten, but that is something that I hope to restore in a future release with the support of the translators.

    The new Firefox no longer allows extensions to create toolbars and has limited options for context menu support so again there is nothing that I can do on my end to work around these new limitations.
  • by ZelTroN-2k3, 7 years ago
  • by Николай Егоров , 7 years ago
    Good extension, but... After a page reload all "outline" settings are reset. Too bad, because you can't use to work with LiveReload (for example, BrowserSync) functions in html layout pages.

    Is possible fix this?

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    This is something I'm hoping to add in a future release.
  • by Greg, 7 years ago
    How to get back the toolbar below personnal bar on top of window please ?

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Firefox no longer allows extensions to create toolbars so this is unfortunately not possible and out of my control.
  • by Firefox user 13457655, 7 years ago
    Chris,

    Can I get some place to download the old extension? I'm locked on an old version of FF for work purposes, and preferred the old add-on to this newer one. The newer one is useless now with the new architecture (not your fault), but I'd hate to give up such a great add-on because Mozilla fucked us over.

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    Older versions of the extension, while no longer supported, can be downloaded here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/web-developer/versions/
  • by Firefox user 13447460, 7 years ago
    Great!
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  • by Firefox user 13271648, 7 years ago
    Cette extension est un must, définitivement !
  • by Firefox user 13456083, 7 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13454481, 7 years ago
    Hi Chris,
    When I set the resize dimensions the way I want them they seem to automatically get reset a few days later. What can I do to prevent this from happening?

    I use this add-on almost daily. It's very useful.

    -- Peter

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    This is not currently possible, but I'll look into adding this in a future release.
  • by parvez ahmed, 7 years ago
    like it,but now,have some problem.firefox 55.03 version not showing properly
  • by glewe, 7 years ago
    What a shame. The new release is practically unusable. No Menubar, no Display Style Information. I understand that this is not the developers fault but the changed Firefox API. I will sadly have to let it go after so many years now and get used to the built in developer tools. Too bad.
  • by Firefox user 13453597, 7 years ago
    The web developer is as important to my web design and site management as any of my Adobe software.
  • by Heather Feuerhelm, 7 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13399046, 7 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13399046, 7 years ago
    I like it, but there is something wrong since I update to Firefox 57.
    Everytime I open Firefox, the windows with the "you successfully install Web Developer" come back... I find it a little boring, how can I stop it ??

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    This was a bug and should be fixed with the new 2.0.1 patch release.
  • by Papys, 7 years ago
  • by Firefox user 13450209, 7 years ago
    Indispensabile...

    but with new versione of firefox 57.0 i can't add the toolbar :(

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    The new version of Firefox no longer allows extensions to create toolbars so this is unfortunately not possible.
  • by Firefox user 13351339, 7 years ago
    Please bring it back to context menu

    Developer response

    posted 7 years ago
    The new version of Firefox requires context menu functionality to work very differently so I could not get that done for the initial release, but I'm looking into it for a future update.
  • by Firefox user 13448444, 7 years ago