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What is the Inspect Element feature in Google chrome and how can I benefit from it? When in the Inspect Element window if I click the Resource tab it doesn't show me any load times. How can I use this feature effectively? I see the following screen when I open "Inspect Element" by right clicking on the page and selecting the Inspect Element item:
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Make sure that the Resource tab is enabled - if it isn't, you won't be getting any load times. Click the big "Enable resource tracking" button.
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As others have mentioned, it's the WebKit Web Inspector, which lets you inspect the HTML and other resources of a page, and assess loading times and such. Here's a screenshot of using it on this page (from Safari; same inspector):
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Inspect Element allows you to inspect whichever HTML element is closest to the area you clicked just like the Firefox extension firebug. If you want to see timings you have to enable resource tracking permanently, it should prompt you for this. |
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Here's the Network section showing page element load times (like YSlow in Firebug). It has proved to be far faster and better laid out for my use than Firebug in Firefox. |
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Not sure what Chrome version everyone else's using, 14.0.835.202 Developer Tools has quite a spread of things to choose from. One of the most useful is inspecting an element and a)live editing html or b)live editing CSS for web development. Once you get everything working, you can go edit the real thing and not have to do the edit-flush-reload dance to see layout changes.