What's IE8 equivalent of Chrome and Firefox/Firebug inspect element?

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I'm currently having some issue for my web app in IE8 only. Does anyone know if there's an IE plugin which is similar to Chrome or Firefox/Firebug inspect element?

Thierry Lam

Posted 2009-09-19T02:30:54.607

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A Dwarf

Posted 2009-09-19T02:30:54.607

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+1 Internet Explorer by default has script debugging capabilities. Also you can download Visual Studio 2008, attach IE & debug scripts – Ganesh R. – 2009-09-19T04:59:07.827

1Just press <kbd>F12</kbd> to open the IE dev tools. – scunliffe – 2009-09-19T17:56:14.977

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To inspect an element open the developer tools and click the arrow icon in the tool bar (select element by click) or press Ctrl+B. Then just click on the element you want to inspect.

jammus

Posted 2009-09-19T02:30:54.607

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unfortunately you can't click down into the contents of an iframe (as of the ie9 beta) - it'll just select the iframe element, and you have to drill down through the frame's contents yourself. – matt lohkamp – 2011-02-11T23:26:09.553

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You might also try Firebug Lite. You can use it as a bookmarklet if you want or just embed it in your page it seems.

Nathaniel

Posted 2009-09-19T02:30:54.607

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