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View the responsive layouts of a page

View the responsive layouts of a page.

Keyboard shortcuts can be assigned to any feature

Keyboard shortcuts can be assigned to any feature.

Syntax highlighting and line numbers when viewing and editing code

Syntax highlighting and line numbers when viewing and editing code.

A new theme on OS X

A new theme on OS X.

Version 1.2.13

April 4, 2017
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Edit CSS' did not display stylesheet names correctly

Version 1.2.12

Feburary 17, 2017
  • Added the features:
    • Remove Form Validation
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Browser Console' did not work in Seamonkey
    • 'Display Element Information' did not work in Firefox 51+

Version 1.2.11

August 17, 2016
  • Fixed issues:
    • Deleting cookies did not work

Version 1.2.10

August 2, 2016
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Display Style Information' did not work
    • 'Validate Local HTML' did not work
  • Various minor code fixes

Version 1.2.9

July 26, 2016
  • Added localizations:
    • Portuguese (Brazilian) (Português (do Brasil))
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Clear Cache' did not work correctly
    • 'Disable Individual Style Sheet' could truncate long style sheet URLs
    • 'Disable Page Colors' did not work
    • 'Display Page Validation' did not work
    • 'Display Print Styles' did not work correctly
    • 'Display Style Information' did not display style sheet URLs correctly
    • 'Edit CSS' with syntax highlighting did not let you type after clicking in the page
    • 'Find Broken Images' did not work
    • 'Hide Background Images' did not work on generated content
    • 'Hide Images' did not work on generated content
    • 'Toggle Visited Links' did not work
    • 'Validate Local HTML' did not work
    • 'Validate Section 508' did not work
    • 'Validate WAI' did not work
    • 'View Document Size' did not work with imported style sheets
    • 'View Generated Source' did not work
    • 'View Source With' did not work
    • Deleting cookies did not work
    • Sites with many JavaScript errors and warnings could cause the browser to slow down
  • Various minor code fixes

Version 1.2.5

April 29, 2013
  • Added localizations:
    • Czech (Čeština)
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Find Broken Images' did not work
    • 'View Color Information' did not work
    • 'View Form Information' did not work
    • 'View Link Information' did not work
    • 'View Meta Tag Information' did not work
    • Localization errors made the toolbar disappear
    • The toolbar icon was too large on Windows
  • Various minor code fixes

Version 1.2.4

April 13, 2013
  • Added localizations:
    • German (Deutsch)
    • Japanese (日本語)
  • Added support for retina displays
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Display Image Dimensions' did not work
    • 'Display Page Validation' did not work in Firefox 18+
    • 'Edit CSS' applied some print styles
    • 'Validate Local CSS' did not work in Firefox 18+
    • 'Validate Local CSS' did not work with only embedded style sheets
    • 'Validate Local HTML' did not work in Firefox 18+
    • 'View Document Size' did not show the correct size for compressed files in Firefox 18+
    • 'View Responsive Layouts' sizes were affected by scrollbars
    • 'View Source With' did not work in Firefox 18+
    • Deselecting a session cookie did not allow an expires date to be entered
  • Various minor code fixes

Version 1.2.2

August 29, 2012
  • Added localizations:
    • French (Français)
    • Polish (Polski)
    • Swedish (Svenska)
  • Added support for turning off the element descriptions when outlining elements
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Check For Newer Version Of Page' did not work
    • 'Disable Meta Redirects' did not work
    • 'Disable Referrers' did not work
    • 'Display Alt Attributes' did not work
    • 'Display Style Information' did not display the style sheet that the CSS is from
    • 'Display Title Attributes' did not work
    • 'Edit CSS' changed the CSS in all windows
    • 'Edit CSS' covered up the end of the CSS with a scrollbar
    • 'Edit CSS' did not work on pages with print style sheets
    • 'Edit CSS' scrolled back to the top of the page on every edit
    • 'Edit HTML' did not reload the HTML correctly when the dashboard position was changed
    • 'Outline Custom Elements...' did not work
    • 'Replace Images With Alt Attributes' added a background color
    • 'View Cookie Information' did not find cookies on www domains and sub-domains correctly
    • 'View Responsive Layouts' could not have a keyboard shortcut associated with it
    • Adding a new option in a dialog did not work on Windows
    • Choosing an application to add to the 'Tools' menu did not work
    • Editing a cookie did not work
    • Non-syntax highlighing was word wrapping
    • The open, pin and reset buttons did not work in 'Edit CSS'
    • The toolbar icons could not be seen on dark themes
  • Various minor code fixes

Version 1.2.1

August 10, 2012
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Outline External Links' did not work
    • Memory leaks caused by zombie compartments
  • Optimized the code
  • Various minor code fixes

Version 1.2

June 25, 2012
  • Added the features:
    • Check/Uncheck All Checkboxes
    • Check For Newer Version Of Page
    • Clear Form Fields
    • Convert Text Inputs To Textareas
    • Disable DNS Cache
    • Display ARIA Roles
    • Expand Select Elements
    • Find Duplicate Ids
    • Outline Form Fields Without Labels
    • Outline Non-Secure Elements
    • Reload Images
    • Reload Linked Style Sheets
    • View Responsive Layouts
  • Added a new theme on OS X
  • Added larger draggable areas to the 'Display Line Guides' feature
  • Added support for HttpOnly cookies to the 'View Cookie Information' feature
  • Added support for selecting the proxy type in the 'Disable Proxy' feature
  • Added support for the 'autocomplete' attribute to the 'Display Form Details' feature
  • Added support for zip codes to the 'Populate Form Fields' feature
  • Improved the 'View JavaScript feature':
    • Added support for a JavaScript beautifier
    • Added support for displaying line numbers
  • Improved the design of the output of the features
  • Improved the keyboard shortcut features:
    • Added more keyboard shortcuts
    • Keyboard shortcut modifiers can be configured
    • Keyboard shortcuts can be disabled
  • Improved the toolbar button
  • Simplified the options
  • Fixed issues:
    • 'Add Cookie' did not work with wildcard cookies in Firefox 4
    • 'Clear Cache' did not clear the offline cache
    • 'Delete Domain Cookies' did not delete session cookies
    • 'Delete Path Cookies' did not work
    • 'Display Alt Attributes' did not work with image submit buttons
    • 'Display Block Size' and 'Display Image Dimensions' did not update when the browser was resized
    • 'Display Element Information' could display the incorrect positioning for an element
    • 'Display Element Information' could not access all elements on the page
    • 'Display Element Information' did not scroll with the viewport
    • 'Display Style Information' could not access all elements on the page
    • 'Display Style Information' could stop working when viewing CSS in the dashboard
    • 'Display Style Information' did not show inline styles
    • 'Edit CSS' and 'Edit HTML' search features did not always work
    • 'Outline External Links' did not work with secure links
    • 'Populate Form Fields' did not respect the maxlength attribute of a form element
    • 'Populate Form Fields' did not work with form fields without a name attribute
    • 'View Cookie Information' could match incorrect domains
    • 'View Document Size' did not include background images
    • 'View Form Information' did not show values for select elements
    • 'View Image Information' did not show background images
    • 'View Source With' no longer worked
    • Adding and editing cookies did not work if external site cookies were disabled
    • Features did not persist correctly when a page in another tab loaded in the background
    • Image features did not support list item images
    • JavaScript on pages generated by the extension did not work with the NoScript extension installed
    • Modifying a cookie value deleted the cookie in Firefox 4
    • Moving selectable elements also selected text
    • Opening the page in another application did not work with Mac applications
    • Pages generated by the extension did not appear in the browser history
    • Temporary files used for local validation were not always cleaned up
    • The 'Keys' page in the options did not always display correctly
    • The element information toolbar did not show and hide correctly when opening a new tab
  • Removed features:
    • 'Java Console' as it no longer worked
    • 'Outline Current Element' as 'Display Element Information' provides the same functionality
    • 'Outline Links With Ping Attributes' as 'Outline Custom Elements' provides the same functionality
    • 'Outline Links Without Title Attributes' as 'Outline Custom Elements' provides the same functionality
    • 'Show Comments' as it no longer worked
    • 'Show Window Chrome' as it no longer worked
    • 'Small Screen Rendering' as it no longer worked
    • 'Zoom In/Out' as the browser now has this functionality built-in
  • Merged the Chrome and Firefox code bases
  • Optimized the code
  • Various minor code fixes

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