Firebug Release Notes

From FirebugWiki

Information on updates for releases and future plans

Contents 1 Download Sites 2 Firebug 1.10 2.1 Overview of Firebug 1.10 2.2 Features and changes 2.2.1 Console and Command Line 2.2.2 CSS 2.2.3 Script 2.3 Bug fixes 2.4 Links to notes for each release 3 Firebug 1.9 3.1 Overview of Firebug 1.9 3.2 Features and changes 3.2.1 Console and Command Line 3.2.2 CSS 3.2.3 Script 3.2.4 DOM 3.2.5 Net 3.2.6 Inspector 3.2.7 Miscellaneous 3.3 Bug fixes 3.4 Links to notes for each release 3.4.1 Bug fix releases 3.4.2 Major release 4 Older versions 5 See also

[edit] Download Sites

• Mozilla Addons Firebug page
• Releases overview page
• Firebug 1.10 (in alpha phase)
• Firebug 1.9 (current stable)
• Firebug 1.8 (previous release)

[edit] Firebug 1.10

This is the upcoming version. It is currently in alpha phase.

[edit] Overview of Firebug 1.10

• Firebug Roadmap

[edit] Features and changes

[edit] Console and Command Line

• Open AJAX response in a new tab

[edit] CSS

• Delete CSS rule

[edit] Script

• Removed Show chrome sources

You can also have a look at the list of all enhancements of Firebug 1.10.

[edit] Bug fixes

• Scroll position in Script panel is now retained after XHR
• Tab scroll arrows do not appear anymore
• Auto-completion for variables in catch block now also work under Linux

You can also have a look at the list of all bug fixes of Firebug 1.10.

[edit] Links to notes for each release

1.10.0a1

[edit] Firebug 1.9

This release is the current stable version.

Blog posts:

• Firebug 1.9 Released
• Firebug 1.9 Feature Highlights

[edit] Overview of Firebug 1.9

• Architectural refactoring plans

[edit] Features and changes

[edit] Console and Command Line

• console.firebug removed because of privacy reasons
• No errors shown for NTLM authentication
• Files names and line numbers for all errors
• Auto-completion via . for properties not accessible via .
• Auto-completion for [
• Auto-completion for Math object and expressions beginning with new operator
• Syntax error position is now shown

[edit] CSS

• Infotip for fonts and web fonts

[edit] Script

• displayName property for pretty function names in Stack Side Panel
• Rerun now has a shortcut (Shift+F8)
• Adding watches is now available in the context menu for variables
• An Infotip is now shown when hovering a conditional breakpoint showing the condition
• Scroll position is now persisted
• Infotip for array items was added

[edit] DOM

• Border and hover background for entries
• New option Show inline event handlers
• Adding watches is now available in the context menu for variables

[edit] Net

• New Protocol column displaying the network protocol of a request
• Copy parts of JSON responses into the clipboard
• Requests can now be resent
• Web font information is now displayed
• Formatted network request headers are sorted alphabetically

[edit] Inspector

• Remove elements from the page while inspecting

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Right-clicking panel tab opens Options Menu
• Radio options for enabling/disabling panels replaced by check option
• Firebug shortcuts don't conflict anymore with other shortcuts (Search Field focussing now works via Ctrl+F)
• Break On ... buttons are now disabled when the Script Panel is disabled
• Firebug UI can now be positioned on all for sides of the browser window
• No restart required anymore when changing shortcuts

You can also have a look at the list of all enhancements of Firebug 1.9.

[edit] Bug fixes

Fixed issues in Firebug 1.9

[edit] Links to notes for each release

[edit] Bug fix releases

1.9.1b1

[edit] Major release

1.9.0 1.9.0b5 1.9.0b4 1.9.0b3 1.9.0b2 1.9.0b1 1.9.0a5 1.9.0a4 1.9.0a3 1.9.0a2 1.9.0a1

[edit] Older versions

• Firebug 1.8
• Firebug 1.7
• Firebug 1.6
• Firebug 1.5
• Firebug 1.4
• Firebug 1.3
• Firebug 1.2
• Firebug 1.1

[edit] See also

• Firebug on Mozilla wiki
• Feature Wish List