Firebug 1.8 Release Notes

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Contents 1 Overview of Firebug 1.8 2 Features and changes 2.1 Console and Command Line 2.2 HTML 2.3 CSS 2.4 Script 2.5 DOM 2.6 Net 2.7 Tracing 2.8 Search 2.9 Miscellaneous 3 Bug fixes 4 Links to notes for each release 5 See also

[edit] Overview of Firebug 1.8

• Architectural refactoring plans

[edit] Features and changes

[edit] Console and Command Line

• Added memory profiler
• Command Line Popup now persists across Firefox sessions
• Improved auto-completion
• Files names and line numbers for all errors

[edit] HTML

• Added box-sizing to Layout side panel

[edit] CSS

• Pseudo-elements are now displayed inside the Style Side Panel
• New shortcuts for incrementing/decrementing numerical CSS values by 0.1 (Ctrl+Up/Down) or 10 (Shift+Up/Down)
• Tooltips for CSS colors improved, now also appearing for rgba, hsl and hsla values
• External editors available via Location Button context menu
• Info tips are now displayed for CSS gradients

[edit] Script

• Script Location List adjust it's height according to the current screen and appends scrollbar if necessary.
• External editors available via Location Button context menu

[edit] DOM

• DOM panel has two new options: "Show Own Properties Only" and "Show Enumerable Properties Only"

[edit] Net

• Height of HTML preview in the Net panel is now adjustable using drag'n drop
• Display of remote & local IP address + port number for each request
• New Console API console.timeStamp() to add user-defined timelines inside the Net Panel

[edit] Tracing

• Not part of Firebug core anymore, now available as individual extension

[edit] Search

• Text selection will now be transferred to Search Field
• Clear button for Search Field
• Indicator for search wrapping around
• History for Search Field

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Default keyboard shortcuts for changing text size are now Cmd+Alt++ and Cmd+Alt+-
• Option to turn off addon bar icon
• Internal use of asynchronous modules
• External editors can now be called using the current line of a file
• Showing the notification page after an update can now be disabled

You can also have a look at the list of all enhancements of Firebug 1.8.

[edit] Bug fixes

Fixed issues in Firebug 1.8

[edit] Links to notes for each release

Bug fix releases

1.8.4 1.8.3 1.8.2 1.8.1 1.8.1b1

Major release

1.8 1.8b6 1.8b5 1.8b4 1.8b3 1.8b2 1.8b1 1.8a3 1.8a2 1.8a1

[edit] See also

• Release notes for current versions
• Firebug 1.7 Release Notes