Open Bug 1230488 Opened 9 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Allow to toggle panel-specific settings from within the panel

Categories

(DevTools :: General, enhancement, P3)

Product:
DevTools
Component:
General
Type:
enhancement

Tracking

(Not tracked)

People

(Reporter: sebo, Unassigned)

References

(Blocks 1 open bug)

Details

Some panels like the Debugger or the Style Editor panel already have a separate options menu (behind a gear button) allowing to switch specific preferences. Though this concept is currently not consistently applied throughout the panels. I believe that it should always be possible to change panel-specific options within a panel itself instead of having to switch to the settings panel. This is also how Firebug handles its settings. E.g. the options 'Show Browser Styles' and 'Default color unit' of the Inspector panel could be made available from within the Inspector panel itself (in an options menu), or the 'Enable persistent logs' from within the Console and the Network panel. I'm not sure whether the options should be moved from the settings panel or just be copied. Sebastian
Product: Developer Documentation → Firefox
Oops, wrong product. Thanks for correcting it, Will! Sebastian
Obviously the option to persist logs already got moved to the Console and Network panel.
Product: Firefox → DevTools

The following panels support the settings menu

  • Console
  • Debugger
  • Network
  • Performance
  • Accessibility

Not supporting:

  • Inspector (should be the next)
  • Storage
  • Memory
  • What's new (doesn't really need it atm)
Blocks: 1289483
Priority: -- → P3

Also not supporting:

  • DOM
  • Application

Though both currently don't have any options, as far as I know, so no need for it for now.

Sebastian

Severity: normal → S3
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