Firefox not displaying XML file as a tree
I usually troubleshoot XML files by simply dragging them into a Firefox browser window. Unlike other text files, Firefox displays XML in a handy tree format, as show below.
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I usually troubleshoot XML files by simply dragging them into a Firefox browser window. Unlike other text files, Firefox displays XML in a handy tree format, as show below.
Continue readingIf I had to choose one piece of advice for new web developers, I’d tell them to learn to use Firebug. Firebug is probably the most valuable debugging tool available, but if you are just getting started, it may seem pretty opaque at first.
In addition, some things do not appear to work as advertised. In particular, the “cd” function does nothing as far as I can tell.
The page that documents the commands you can use within Firebug lists the cd command as a way of changing the window scope:
Continue readingAfter a recent update to Firefox, all my precious debugging extensions disappeared. The Add-on’s window showed nothing installed. This post on the MozillaZine Forums explained how to force Firefox to rescan your addons and get
Continue readingWhen building web applications I often use display styles to show or hide divs or table rows as needed. On one project, I found that the “colspan” property did not seem to work in Firefox or Safari. This was because I had incorrectly used display:block to style the TR element, instead of display:table-row. A demo is below, and the code follows.
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The best browser to use to check javascript errors is Firefox, hands down. Other browsers have some error reporting, but none give you anywhere near the detailed information as Firebug, an addon to Firefox. The extensions available allow you to snoop into every aspect of your page, and into the communication between page and server.
You will need to get several Firefox extensions:
Firebug
Firebug is the one extension I can’t live without. It shows errors in javascript, css, allows you to inspect the HTML source, computed style, events, etc.
My home page has a lot of columns – the less important ones are usually beyond the right edge of the page in a small screen. In Safari and Firefox that creates an unpleasant page
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