Add context menu item to the context menu in the Elements panel of the Developer Tools

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Iran Reyes

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Jan 7, 2016, 1:43:59 AM1/7/16
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A long time ago I want a functionality in the Elements tab of the Developer Tool that let me save a node of the DOM into a variable accessible from the Javascript Console. All the time I have to open the js console and write getElementByID, querySelector, etc. This functionality could be implemented in the developer tool or let us open a door in the API to add items to the context menu. I attached an image self explanatory.
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PhistucK

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Jan 7, 2016, 1:47:12 AM1/7/16
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I reckon you never heard of the magic $0 variable, right? :)
Select an element in the Elements panel and go to the console. Enter -
$0
This magic variable always holds the currently selected element.
($0, $1, $2, $3, $4, $5 hold the last six selected variables)


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A long time ago I want a functionality in the Elements tab of the Developer Tool that let me save a node of the DOM into a variable accessible from the Javascript Console. All the time I have to open the js console and write getElementByID, querySelector, etc. This functionality could be implemented in the developer tool or let us open a door in the API to add items to the context menu. I attached an image self explanatory.

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Jason Laster

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Jan 7, 2016, 9:24:57 AM1/7/16
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$0 would absolutely do the trick, there's an issue open now though for adding "Save as global variable" which is a little nicer as it wouldn't be overridden.


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PhistucK

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Jan 7, 2016, 9:33:19 AM1/7/16
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No longer open, though. :(


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Jason Laster

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Jan 7, 2016, 10:14:19 AM1/7/16
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Interesting, I believe there are two open patches for that issue though, so i'm not sure if one will be merged or not.




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PhistucK

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Jan 7, 2016, 10:19:12 AM1/7/16
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Both of the issues are closed. Also, the first has issues and the contributor abandoned it.

Unless an external contributor picks this up again, this is not going to happen, I guess.


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Jason Laster

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Jan 7, 2016, 11:15:31 AM1/7/16
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Oh interesting, sorry not great at reading crbug

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