Firebug Release Notes

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Information on updates for releases and future plans

Contents 1 Download Sites 2 Firebug 1.12 2.1 Overview 2.2 Features and changes 2.2.1 Console Panel 2.2.2 Command Line 2.2.3 HTML Panel 2.2.4 CSS Panel 2.2.5 Stack Side Panel 2.2.6 Net Panel 2.2.7 Cookies Panel 2.2.8 API 2.2.9 Miscellaneous 2.3 Bug Fixes 2.3.1 Installation 2.3.2 Console Panel 2.3.3 Command Line 2.3.4 HTML Panel 2.3.5 Style Side Panel 2.3.6 CSS Panel 2.3.7 DOM Panel 2.3.8 Net Panel 2.3.9 Search Field 2.3.10 Miscellaneous 2.4 Releases 3 Firebug 1.11 3.1 Overview 3.2 Features and changes 3.2.1 Console and Command Line 3.2.2 HTML 3.2.3 Style 3.2.4 Computed 3.2.5 Watch 3.2.6 CSS 3.2.7 Elements Side Panel 3.2.8 Net 3.2.9 Cookies 3.2.10 Miscellaneous 3.3 Bug fixes 3.4 Releases 4 Older versions 5 See also

[edit] Download Sites

• Mozilla Addons Firebug page
• Releases overview page
• Firebug 1.12 (in alpha phase)
• Firebug 1.11 (current stable)
• Firebug 1.10 (previous release)

[edit] Firebug 1.12

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

[edit] Overview

Firebug Roadmap

[edit] Features and changes

[edit] Console Panel

• Resetting all options includes include aliases
• HTML form elements now show the current value besides the default one
• Precision using the %f pattern in Console API is now considered

[edit] Command Line

• Completion List Popup is now displayed by default also on Linux
• Auto-completion includes global names declared in same line
• Improved help command to include tips
• Added Auto-completion for Command Line API
• include command now has "jquery" as default alias
• Added context menu option Use in Command Line to objects in different panels

[edit] HTML Panel

• Replaced mutation events by mutation observers
• iframes now have context menu entries for reloading and opening them in a new tab
• Event logging can be enabled for different event types individually

[edit] CSS Panel

• Replaced mutation events by mutation observers
• CSS properties can be copied
• @page rules are displayed
• @media, @supports, @-moz-keyframes and @-moz-document rules are now displayed

[edit] Stack Side Panel

• Added option to toggle arguments display

[edit] Net Panel

• Flash filter was changed into Plugins filter and now covers Flash and Silverlight file requests
• Added Fonts filter
• Summaries now have tooltips

[edit] Cookies Panel

• Added Raw Size column

[edit] API

• Added support for hierarchical menus

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Clearing the Activation List requires a confirmation now
• Armed Break On ... features are now more obvious

[edit] Bug Fixes

[edit] Installation

• Add-on bar isn't displayed by default anymore

[edit] Console Panel

• Removed broken Show External Errors option
• Clearing console fixed for throwy proxies
• Corrected display of XHR request logs
• Text is not copied with line breaks anymore
• Fixed infinite requests
• Escaping the percentage sign in Console API doesn't junk the rest of the arguments anymore

[edit] Command Line

• Number values are auto-suggested again
• include only allows to include JavaScript now
• Improved speed of auto-completion for large arrays
• Improved speed of auto-completion
• Content Security Policy doesn't block executing expressions anymore

[edit] HTML Panel

• Quick Info Box can be moved again under Linux
• Fixed deleting elements
• RTL character doesn't mess up the display anymore
• XPaths are copied case-sensitive from XML documents

[edit] Style Side Panel

• Placeholder pseudo-element rules are displayed again
• Select-editing of fonts works correctly again

[edit] CSS Panel

• Browser doesn't hang anymore on pages with a lot of iframes
• @page rules no longer cause panel display problems
• Panel displays contents after reload
• Location Menu doesn't disappear anymore
• Context menu entry Get Matching Elements isn't shown for @-rules anymore
• Color display setting now also affects color names

[edit] DOM Panel

• Fixed display of @page CSS rules
• @supports and @-moz-document CSS rules are now displayed
• Fixed setting breakpoints for long string properties

[edit] Net Panel

• Security column of cookies is now filled correctly

[edit] Search Field

• Search Field now resizes with the text size

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Tools menu in SeaMonkey is shown again
• Twisties are now vertically correctly displayed
• Current annotation is added again when resetting the options

[edit] Releases

Version	Release Date
1.12.0a6	2013-05-17
1.12.0a5	2013-05-03
1.12.0a4	2013-04-05
1.12.0a3	2013-02-22
1.12.0a2	2013-02-01
1.12.0a1	2013-01-11

[edit] Firebug 1.11

This release is the current stable version.

[edit] Overview

• Firebug Roadmap
• Firebug 1.11 announcement
• Firebug 1.11 Feature Highlights

[edit] Features and changes

[edit] Console and Command Line

• Enhanced $x()
• Event target is added to event logs
• Stack trace is shown for function call logs
• $() now uses querySelector() instead of getElementById()
• Root element can now be set for $()
• API for registering commands
• Auto-completion for built-in members
• Support for PerformanceTiming spec
• New Command Line API include()
• Completion List Popup is opened at start of expression
• window.postMessage() output is displayed
• Formatting of parts of console logs
• Added Closure Inspector

[edit] HTML

• Doctypes of <iframe>s are displayed
• Touch events are logged when enabling event logging for a tag
• HTML content can be pasted

[edit] Style

• New CSS rules can be created inside the Style Side Panel
• Used fonts are highlighted

[edit] Computed

• Long property values are cropped

[edit] Watch

• All watch expressions can be removed at once

[edit] CSS

• Long values are cropped
• Save success is indicated for media queries of @import rules

[edit] Elements Side Panel

• Matching elements can be displayed for CSS selectors (integrated SelectBug)
• Added auto-completion for selectors

[edit] Net

• Display of SPDY protocol

[edit] Cookies

• Infotip for cookie size

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Preference extensions.firebug.delayLoad to allow controlling delayed loading of Firebug
• Location menu search includes file path
• Activation complies to the same origin policy
• Improved logic for when to open the first-run page

You can also have a look at the list of all enhancements of Firebug 1.11.

[edit] Bug fixes

• Argument logging was unified
• Error breakpoints can be set for shallow errors when Show Stack Trace with Errors isn't set
• Completion List Popup works correctly when switching to Command Editor
• Cookies panel is localized when extensions.firebug.useDefaultLocale is set to true
• Inline editing of cropped values shows them completely
• HTML tab keeps displayed for XHR requests on browser tab change
• Firefox crash on Linux avoided
• Infotip for web fonts displayed correctly
• Special font definitions are displayed
• Style Side Panel isn't empty after reloading a page while not hovering it
• Tables created via console.table() can be scrolled horizontally
• UTF-8 values in cookies are displayed correctly
• Numbers formatting respects OS locale settings
• Short tags of elements with a class attribute starting with a space are displayed correctly
• HTML Panel visibility updates affect children
• Changing an attribute of an HTML element doesn't switch to it inside the Style Side Panel
• Toggling options while menu is still open takes effect
• gcli commands are removed again when Firebug is disabled
• Delete "element.style" is working as expected
• All not inheritable properties are listed correctly
• Cookies from IDN domains are shown
• Style disabling works as expected
• Denying host-specific cookies and accepting to remove them only removes them and not others
• Correct display of IPv6 addresses
• Header parts surrounded by arrow brackets are not interpreted as HTML tags
• Layout Side Panel refreshes values when resizing the browser window
• XHR responses are opened in a new browser tab
• HTML Panel is properly updated when reloading an iframe
• Radio button isn't deselected when inspecting it
• Array-like objects are shown differently than real arrays
• Element visibility is updated when its CSS is changed
• Inspector doesn't blink on font family related checking
• HTML Edit Mode doesn't lose focus when accessibility enhancements are enabled
• Source link is shown for CSS errors
• Disabling Firebug doesn't break Firefox UI
• Firebug can be opened in popop windows
• Console logging from iframes is working correctly
• Help command works on Mac OS and Linux/Unix
• Global completions respect cd()
• Pressing Esc doesn't let CSS properties disappear
• Copy/Paste work in Layout Side Panel
• Cookies at root level are shown
• Start Button Infotip is correctly reflecting the panel states
• Firebug gets closed when browser popup window is closed
• Inspection doesn't jump around
• Extensions don't break Location Menu anymore
• Box model shading works after iframe reload
• Break On XHR works as expected
• RTL character doesn't break HTML Panel display

You can also have a look at the list of all bug fixes of Firebug 1.11.

[edit] Releases

Version	Release Date
Bug fix releases
1.11.3	2013-05-12
1.11.2	2013-02-25
1.11.2b1	2013-01-18
1.11.1	2012-12-13
Major release
1.11.0	2012-12-07
1.11.0b3	2012-11-30
1.11.0b2	2012-11-16
1.11.0b1	2012-11-09
1.11.0a6	2012-11-02
1.11.0a5	2012-10-19
1.11.0a4	2012-10-05
1.11.0a3	2012-09-13
1.11.0a2	2012-08-24
1.11.0a1	2012-08-17

[edit] Older versions

• Firebug 1.10
• Firebug 1.9
• 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