devtools.panels
Although the APIs are based on the Chrome devtools APIs, there are still many features that are not yet implemented in Firefox, and therefore are not documented here. To see which features are currently missing please see Limitations of the devtools APIs.
The devtools.panels
API lets a devtools extension define its user interface inside the devtools window.
The devtools window hosts a number of separate tools - the JavaScript Debugger, Network Monitor, and so on. A row of tabs across the top lets the user switch between the different tools. The window hosting each tool's user interface is called a "panel".
With the devtools.panels
API you can create new panels in the devtools window.
Like all the devtools
APIs, this API is only available to code running in the document defined in the devtools_page manifest.json key, or in other devtools documents created by the extension (such as the panel's own document). See Extending the developer tools for more.
Types
devtools.panels.ElementsPanel
- Represents the HTML/CSS inspector in the browser's devtools.
devtools.panels.ExtensionPanel
- Represents a devtools panel created by the extension.
devtools.panels.ExtensionSidebarPane
- Represents a pane that an extension has added to the HTML/CSS inspector in the browser's devtools.
Properties
devtools.panels.elements
- A reference to an
ElementsPanel
object. devtools.panels.themeName
- The name of the current devtools theme.
Functions
devtools.panels.create()
- Creates a new devtools panel.
Events
devtools.panels.onThemeChanged
- Fired when the devtools theme changes.
Example extensions
Browser compatibility
Report problems with this compatibility data on GitHubwebextensions-desktop | webextensions-mobile | |||||
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create | ChromeFull supportYes | EdgeFull support79 | FirefoxFull support54 | OperaFull supportYes | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo |
elements | ChromeFull supportYes | EdgeFull support79 | FirefoxFull support56 | OperaFull supportYes | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo |
onThemeChanged | ChromeNo supportNo | EdgeNo supportNo | FirefoxFull support55 | OperaNo supportNo | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo |
themeName | ChromeFull support59 | EdgeFull support79 | FirefoxFull support55 | OperaFull support41 | SafariNo supportNo | Firefox for AndroidNo supportNo |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- No support
- No support
Example extensions
This API is based on Chromium's chrome.devtools.panels
API.
Microsoft Edge compatibility data is supplied by Microsoft Corporation and is included here under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License.