Closed Bug 601179 Opened 14 years ago Closed 14 years ago

Clearing web console is rocket science

Categories

(DevTools :: General, defect, P1)

Product:
DevTools
Component:
General
Type:
defect

Tracking

(blocking2.0 betaN+)

Status:
VERIFIED FIXED
Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
blocking2.0 --- betaN+

People

(Reporter: bzbarsky, Assigned: pcwalton)

References

Details

(Whiteboard: [Web-Console-Testday])

The web console persists entries across reload, which is fine. But it also has no reasonable way to clear it that I can see. Closing and reopening it clears, but it's not clear to me whether this is an accident or on purpose, and it's definitely not discoverable.
Note that apparently there's a context menu option (mentioned in bug 596299) and a proposed keyboard shortcut. Neither of those is discoverable either.
indeed, we need a clear button after all.
OS: Mac OS X → All
Hardware: x86 → All
Version: unspecified → Trunk
blocking2.0: --- → ?
Blocks: devtools4b8
I'll take blame for this one: I removed the Clear icon because I couldn't think of an aesthetically pleasing place to put it that wouldn't upset the balance of the UI. Agreed with ddahl, usability should trump aesthetics. Still need a good place to put the button though.
far right side of the toolbar.
Assignee: nobody → pwalton
This is fixed by the patches in bug 601667.
Depends on: 601667
blocking2.0: ? → betaN+
mass change: filter on PRIORITYSETTING
Priority: -- → P1
mass change: filter on PRIORITYSETTING
Blocks: devtools4
mass change: filter mail on BLOCKERSETTING
Severity: normal → blocker
marking as assigned.
Status: NEW → ASSIGNED
Fixed with the landing of the patches in bug 601667, yay!
Status: ASSIGNED → RESOLVED
Closed: 14 years ago
Resolution: --- → FIXED
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Whiteboard: [Web-Console-Testday]
Product: Firefox → DevTools
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