From 36d22d82aa202bb199967e9512281e9a53db42c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Baumann Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2024 21:33:14 +0200 Subject: Adding upstream version 115.7.0esr. Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann --- devtools/docs/user/web_console/ui_tour/index.rst | 50 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 50 insertions(+) create mode 100644 devtools/docs/user/web_console/ui_tour/index.rst (limited to 'devtools/docs/user/web_console/ui_tour/index.rst') diff --git a/devtools/docs/user/web_console/ui_tour/index.rst b/devtools/docs/user/web_console/ui_tour/index.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..50495744b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/devtools/docs/user/web_console/ui_tour/index.rst @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +=================== +Web Console UI Tour +=================== + +The Web Console's interface is split into three horizontal sections, detailed in the sections below. + +.. image:: web_console.png + :alt: Web console" alt="Screenshot of FF web console + :class: center + + +.. _web_console_ui_tour_toolbar: + +Toolbar +******* + +The toolbar across the top contains a number of features: + + +- **Garbage can:** Click this icon to clear the contents of the console. +- **Funnel (filter):** Enter text to filter the messages that are displayed in the console message pane. :ref:`Plain-text ` and :ref:`regular expression ` filtering are supported. +- :ref:`Filter categories `: Toggle a filter category (such as Errors, Warnings, CSS, or XHR) to display messages of that type in the message page (the UI shows the number of hidden message for unselected categories). +- **Settings ("gear" menu):** Select the gear icon to access the settings menu (New in Firefox 71), where you can toggle the following features on and off: + + - **Persist Logs**: When enabled, the console doesn't clear on page reload, or new page load. + - **Show Timestamps**: When enabled, timestamps are shown on the left-hand side of each message row to say when the messages were logged. + - **Group Similar Messages**: When enabled, similar types of messages are grouped together, with an indicator of the number of occurrences. + - **Enable Autocompletion**: When enabled, the JavaScript interpreter attempts to autocomplete while you type. + - **Instant Evaluation**: When enabled, the interpreter displays the evaluated results of an expression, when possible, before you press :kbd:`Enter` to submit it. + + + +Message display pane +******************** + +This is where the messages appear, both those generated by the code in the page, and those generated by the commands entered on the command line. + +See :doc:`Console messages <../the_command_line_interpreter/index>` for a lot more detail on what the messages can contain. + +.. note:: + + You can clear the contents of the console by entering the keyboard command :kbd:`Ctrl` + :kbd:`Shift` + :kbd:`L` (Windows, macOS, and Linux) or :kbd:`Cmd` + :kbd:`K` on macOS. + + +Command line +************ + +The :doc:`command line <../the_command_line_interpreter/index>` starts with double angle brackets (>>). Use it to enter JavaScript expressions. + +In Firefox 71 onwards, there is a new "split pane" icon on the right hand side of the command line — clicking this will open the new console :ref:`multi-line mode `. -- cgit v1.2.3