Per-window panel status

[Álvaro G. Vicario]

I normally enable Firebug only for the sites I'm developing and this
is remembered for all pages in the same domain name (which is great).
However, the status of Firebug's panel (open or minimized) seems to be
a per-domain setting, rather than a per-tab setting. Is this
assumption correct or am I missing a setting somewhere?

[John J Barton]

Open or minimized is per Firefox window, so it should be independent
of tab or domain. There are requests for per domain or per tab, but
it would something for an extension to implement.

jjb

[Álvaro G. Vicario]

Alright, then I'm doing nothing wrong... Whatever, I second the per-
tab request. Almost everytime I open the panel I just want to debug
something in that page and only that page.

Thanks,

[John J Barton]

Ok, but what does that have to do with per-tab activation? If you want
to debug something on a page, open firebug on that page and only on
that page. As long as you are using 1.4.5 or 1.5, it just works.

jjb

>
> Thanks,

[Álvaro G. Vicario]

Well, nope, it doesn't work that way for me. It opens in all pages
where Firebug is enabled. I'm using 1.4.5.

Sorry if I didn't explain properly. I'll put an example just in case.
I'm developing stuff for "example.com" and "example.net". I have
several tabs open in Firefox:

1. http://example.com/
2. http://example.com/foo
3. http://example.net
4. http://www.google.es

Firebug is enabled (but hidden) for domains "example.com" and
"example.net" so it's collecting info in the background at tabs 1, 2
and 3 (as expected). Now I want to debug feature foo so I switch to
tab 2 and open Firebug's panel. When I switch to tabs 1 and 3, the
panel is open there as well. If I close panel at tab 3, it gets closed
in all tabs. It's not convenient because I want to see the Net Panel
at tab 2 and only tab 2.

I hope it's clearer now. I was wondering if that's how it's supposed
to work or, on the contrary, I was missing an option somewhere.

[John J Barton]

On Dec 22, 9:09 am, Álvaro G. Vicario <alv...@demogracia.com> wrote:
> On Dec 22, 5:02 pm, John J Barton <johnjbar...@johnjbarton.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > > > > I normally enable Firebug only for the sites I'm developing and this
> > > > > is remembered for all pages in the same domain name (which is great).
> > > > > However, the status of Firebug's panel (open or minimized) seems to be
> > > > > a per-domain setting, rather than a per-tab setting. Is this
> > > > > assumption correct or am I missing a setting somewhere?
>
> > > > Open or minimized is per Firefox window, so it should be independent
> > > > of tab or domain.  There are requests for per domain or per tab, but
> > > > it would something for an extension to implement.
>
> > > Alright, then I'm doing nothing wrong... Whatever, I second the per-
> > > tab request. Almost everytime I open the panel I just want to debug
> > > something in that page and only that page.
>
> > Ok, but what does that have to do with per-tab activation? If you want
> > to debug something on a page, open firebug on that page and only on
> > that page. As long as you are using 1.4.5 or 1.5, it just works.
>
> Well, nope, it doesn't work that way for me. It opens in all pages
> where Firebug is enabled. I'm using 1.4.5.
>
> Sorry if I didn't explain properly. I'll put an example just in case.
> I'm developing stuff for "example.com" and "example.net". I have
> several tabs open in Firefox:
>
> 1.http://example.com/
> 2.http://example.com/foo
> 3.http://example.net

> 4.http://www.google.es

>
> Firebug is enabled (but hidden) for domains "example.com" and
> "example.net" so it's collecting info in the background at tabs 1, 2
> and 3 (as expected). Now I want to debug feature foo so I switch to
> tab 2 and open Firebug's panel. When I switch to tabs 1 and 3, the
> panel is open there as well. If I close panel at tab 3, it gets closed
> in all tabs. It's not convenient because I want to see the Net Panel
> at tab 2 and only tab 2.
>
> I hope it's clearer now. I was wondering if that's how it's supposed
> to work or, on the contrary, I was missing an option somewhere.

Ok yes, thanks. Its just a small difference in terminology. What you
want we would call "site-specific minimize" or some such.

Firebug is active on three sites in your example. This has nothing to
do with tabs, it has to do with the site URL.

Firebug is minimized but that does not depend upon the URL or tab. We
could remember the minimize setting on each URL, but then some people
will not like it and it will be harder to implement. So we don't. But
a Firebug extension could decide to implement it.

One important point about your example: when you switch to tab 4,
Firebug will deactivate, no analysis will be done for any other tab.
Some people are surprised by this.

jjb

[Álvaro G. Vicario]

I'm not sure I made myself clear yet. My remarks have nothing to do
with Firebug being active or suspended (current mechanism is working
fine for me). I'm just referring to the panel being visible or not. It
uses a fair amount of screen so I only want it visible when I need it.
Right now I spend all the time maximizing and minimizing it.