Object printing in console
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Tomasz Wegrzanowski
Apr 18, 2010, 8:26:24 PM4/18/10
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One thing that has bothered me about Firebug is how it prints small
objects.
Let's say I do this in firebug console:
>>> document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0].getBoundingClientRect()
What I get is fairly useless:
ClientRect { constructor=ClientRect, more...}
on which I need to click to get to the DOM tab and see the values. If
I'm trying to see such objects for a few elements, this constant
switching between console tab and dom tab gets really annoying.
Is there any reason why firebug couldn't just display all fields of an
object if they're simple and not too numerous?
(this issue isn't unique to ClientRect, such small objects are fairly
widespread in many javascript contexts; there's no need to pursue the
most general possible solution which might be difficult, just to make
simple cases work)
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objects.
Let's say I do this in firebug console:
>>> document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0].getBoundingClientRect()
What I get is fairly useless:
ClientRect { constructor=ClientRect, more...}
on which I need to click to get to the DOM tab and see the values. If
I'm trying to see such objects for a few elements, this constant
switching between console tab and dom tab gets really annoying.
Is there any reason why firebug couldn't just display all fields of an
object if they're simple and not too numerous?
(this issue isn't unique to ClientRect, such small objects are fairly
widespread in many javascript contexts; there's no need to pursue the
most general possible solution which might be difficult, just to make
simple cases work)
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John J Barton
Apr 19, 2010, 12:08:55 AM4/19/10
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On Apr 18, 5:26 pm, Tomasz Wegrzanowski
<tomasz.wegrzanow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> One thing that has bothered me about Firebug is how it prints small
> objects.
>
> Let's say I do this in firebug console:
>
> >>> document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0].getBoundingClientRect()
>
> What I get is fairly useless:
> ClientRect { constructor=ClientRect, more...}
>
> on which I need to click to get to the DOM tab and see the values. If
> I'm trying to see such objects for a few elements, this constant
> switching between console tab and dom tab gets really annoying.
>
> Is there any reason why firebug couldn't just display all fields of an
> object if they're simple and not too numerous?
>
> (this issue isn't unique to ClientRect, such small objects are fairly
> widespread in many javascript contexts; there's no need to pursue the
> most general possible solution which might be difficult, just to make
> simple cases work)
This display seems to be controlled by shortPropIterator:
> One thing that has bothered me about Firebug is how it prints small
> objects.
>
> Let's say I do this in firebug console:
>
> >>> document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0].getBoundingClientRect()
>
> What I get is fairly useless:
> ClientRect { constructor=ClientRect, more...}
>
> on which I need to click to get to the DOM tab and see the values. If
> I'm trying to see such objects for a few elements, this constant
> switching between console tab and dom tab gets really annoying.
>
> Is there any reason why firebug couldn't just display all fields of an
> object if they're simple and not too numerous?
>
> (this issue isn't unique to ClientRect, such small objects are fairly
> widespread in many javascript contexts; there's no need to pursue the
> most general possible solution which might be difficult, just to make
> simple cases work)
http://code.google.com/p/fbug/source/browse/branches/firebug1.6/content/firebug/reps.js#356
Currently it only prints one property. I'll investigate setting to a
larger value.
jjb
woomla
Apr 19, 2010, 4:04:52 AM4/19/10
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Awesome, you can easily make it larger to see more properties! Really
beautifull.
I would like to vote for this to be adjustable.
On Apr 19, 6:08 am, John J Barton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote:
> On Apr 18, 5:26 pm, Tomasz Wegrzanowski
>
>
>
> <tomasz.wegrzanow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > One thing that has bothered me about Firebug is how it prints small
> > objects.
>
> > Let's say I do this in firebug console:
>
> > >>> document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0].getBoundingClientRect()
>
> > What I get is fairly useless:
> > ClientRect { constructor=ClientRect, more...}
>
> > on which I need to click to get to the DOM tab and see the values. If
> > I'm trying to see such objects for a few elements, this constant
> > switching between console tab and dom tab gets really annoying.
>
> > Is there any reason why firebug couldn't just display all fields of an
> > object if they're simple and not too numerous?
>
> > (this issue isn't unique to ClientRect, such small objects are fairly
> > widespread in many javascript contexts; there's no need to pursue the
> > most general possible solution which might be difficult, just to make
> > simple cases work)
>
> This display seems to be controlled by shortPropIterator:http://code.google.com/p/fbug/source/browse/branches/firebug1.6/conte...
beautifull.
I would like to vote for this to be adjustable.
On Apr 19, 6:08 am, John J Barton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote:
> On Apr 18, 5:26 pm, Tomasz Wegrzanowski
>
>
>
> <tomasz.wegrzanow...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > One thing that has bothered me about Firebug is how it prints small
> > objects.
>
> > Let's say I do this in firebug console:
>
> > >>> document.getElementsByTagName("div")[0].getBoundingClientRect()
>
> > What I get is fairly useless:
> > ClientRect { constructor=ClientRect, more...}
>
> > on which I need to click to get to the DOM tab and see the values. If
> > I'm trying to see such objects for a few elements, this constant
> > switching between console tab and dom tab gets really annoying.
>
> > Is there any reason why firebug couldn't just display all fields of an
> > object if they're simple and not too numerous?
>
> > (this issue isn't unique to ClientRect, such small objects are fairly
> > widespread in many javascript contexts; there's no need to pursue the
> > most general possible solution which might be difficult, just to make
> > simple cases work)
>
John J Barton
Apr 19, 2010, 8:53:56 PM4/19/10
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On Apr 19, 1:04 am, woomla <woo...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome, you can easily make it larger to see more properties! Really
> beautifull.
>
> I would like to vote for this to be adjustable.
change it is via about:config and restarting. R6588.
jjb
woomla
Apr 20, 2010, 4:04:15 AM4/20/10
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Excellent, thanks
Tomasz Wegrzanowski
Apr 20, 2010, 7:06:17 PM4/20/10
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This is amazing, thanks a lot.
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