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devtools.panels.ElementsPanel

An ElementsPanel represents the HTML/CSS inspector in the browser's devtools. This is called the Page Inspector in Firefox and the Elements panel in Chrome.

Functions

devtools.panels.ElementsPanel.createSidebarPane()

Creates a pane in the inspector's sidebar.

Events

devtools.panels.ElementsPanel.onSelectionChanged

Fired when the user selects a different element in the page, for example using the "Inspect element" context menu item.

Browser compatibility

Chrome
Edge
Firefox
Opera
Safari
Firefox for Android
Safari on iOS
ElementsPanel
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 56 (Release date: 2017-09-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
createSidebarPane
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 57 (Release date: 2017-11-14)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support
onSelectionChanged
Chrome – Full support
Chrome 18 (Release date: 2012-03-28)
footnote Full support
Edge – Full support
Edge 79 (Release date: 2020-01-15)
footnote Full support
Firefox – Full support
Firefox 56 (Release date: 2017-09-28)
footnote Full support
Opera – Full support
Opera 15 (Release date: 2013-07-02)
footnote Full support
Safari – No support
Safari
footnote No support
Firefox for Android – No support
Firefox for Android
footnote No support
Safari on iOS – No support
Safari on iOS
footnote No support

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Full support
No support

Note: This API is based on Chromium's chrome.devtools API.

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