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Tue, 06 Jun 2006

The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox

Perhaps you remember the Dom Inspector in Mozilla which you never used, but thought might come in handy one day. Now there is this one problem where you would need it, but is gone. Gone? Well, at least on Windows you need to explicitly request it while installing, or you won't get it.

Ok, you now know that you made a mistake, but how to proceed? Do you really have to deinstall and re-install Firefox?

Well, that's the official position, but of course there is a way around:

Start the Firefox Installer, do not click anything in the resulting screen
Navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Local Settings\Temp\<random>.tmp\ which is the place where the installer unpacks to.
Drag & Drop the adt.xpi into your Firefox window, to install the Dom Inspector.
Click Accept. Don't be surprised, the Inspector doesn't show up in the list of extensions.
Now abort the Firefox Installer.

After you exit and restart Firefox, the DOM Inspector is now available as Tools > Dom Inspector. Have Fun,

– Sec

posted at: 18:49 | Category: /tidbits | permanent link to this entry | 11 comments (trackback)

Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
Erik wrote on Wed, 11 Oct 2006 03:36

Thanks, just the advise I needed. The DOM Inspector installation works great from your instructions.

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Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
Gyuri Ordody wrote on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 00:23

And here is where you can get the older versions if you don't want to upgrade: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/

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Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
sid wrote on Tue, 06 Mar 2007 06:44

Any idea how to do this on linux? (firefox 1.5)

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- Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
  Sec wrote on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:49
  
  Sorry, no. You could try unpacking the rpm or whatever you have manually and search for the adt.xpi in there.
  
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- Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
  Rifter wrote on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 02:28
  
  In Ubuntu linux there is an installable package:
  sudo apt-get install firefox-dom-inspector
  
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Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
Duc wrote on Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:37

Fhanks alot thtas just was i was looking for! Reinstalling Firefox is such as hassle.

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Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
Sven Kirsten wrote on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:09

I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.8 on Win XP. I can't follow the instructions.
The temp unpack directory is not C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Temp\.tmp\
On me it is: C:\Temp\.tmp
In this directory I've search for adt.xpi. But there is no *.xpi or adt.* file. There are files like install.rdf or inspector.jar.
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But the real problem I have is, I can start the DOM inspector from Firefox Tools menu but other extensions which depends on DOM will not work properly. They complain about the missing DOM inspector.
And don't say I have to reinstall the Firefox !
I have reinstalled the firefox 2 times, with the same effect.
regards Sven Kirsten

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- Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
  Sec wrote on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 10:37
  
  If you can start the DOM inspector, it is probably installed and my hints won't help you, sorry. If an extension doesn't find the DOM, i would suggest you open a bug report with that particular extension where the maintainer may be better equipped to help you.
  
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better and better
Flog Spammers wrote on Sun, 11 Nov 2007 03:36

42 times easier:
http://digg.com/mods/installing_Firefox_DOM_Inspector_without_having_to_custom_install_Firefox

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Re: The elusive DOM-Inspector in Firefox
wrote on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:22

THAnks very much!

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Jake Kasprzak Online › Installing Firefox’s DOM Inspector After Not Installing It Initially
Pingback wrote on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 01:57

Pingback from http://jake.kasprzak.ca/2008/04/12/installing-firefoxs-dom-inspector-after-not-installing-it-initially/
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