Offscreen Documents code not visible in Dev Tools

[Fabienne]

Hi Everyone,

does anybody else not see their offscreen documents in the dev tools anymore?

When i click on it in my extension to debug the code i only see my backgroundworker's js file and nothing else. Even the "Elements"-tab is empty.

Any clue when this will be fixed? I tried it on multiple chromebooks.

Thanks

Faby

[Fabienne Williams]

No, I clicked my offscreen document under details.

On Sunday, June 4, 2023 at 9:27:41 AM UTC-4 wOxxOm wrote:

I guess you've clicked "service worker" in chrome://extensions, which opens a limited version of devtools for this worker alone, and that is not a bug, although indeed it's inconvenient.

To open devtools for the offscreen document you need to click `offscreen.html` link in chrome://extensions either inside the card for your extension or in its details. This will open a full-fledged devtools where you can inspect storage and elements, as well as switch the inspected context between the service worker and the document within the same devtools.

[wOxxOm]

Oh, it's a bug in Chrome. You can restore the normal behavior by disabling chrome://flags/#devtools-tab-target

[Fabienne Williams]

Ah perfect, thank you so much!