{"id":7649,"date":"2020-06-14T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T08:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/?p=7649"},"modified":"2022-11-30T22:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-11-30T22:00:35","slug":"how-to-open-developer-tools-on-any-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/how-to-open-developer-tools-on-any-browser\/","title":{"rendered":"How to open developer tools on any browser"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"google-chrome\">Google Chrome<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Chrome DevTools are a set of web authoring and debugging tools built into Google Chrome. Use the DevTools to iterate, debug and profile your site.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/web\/tools\/chrome-devtools\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Chrome DevTools here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"gtech-migrated-from-ad-inserter-placement-2\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-3514232402\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-2717907472\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/17207\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26001\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2023\/01\/26001-768x960.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" width=\"500\" height=\"625\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><p>To open Chrome DevTools, either right-click on any page element and select&nbsp;<code>Inspect<\/code>&nbsp;or open the Chrome settings menu in the top-right corner of your browser window and select&nbsp;<code>More Tools &gt; Developer Tools<\/code>. Alternatively, you can use the shortcuts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><code>Command + Option + i<\/code>&nbsp;(Mac)<\/li><li><code>Ctrl + Shift + i<\/code>&nbsp;(Windows\/Linux).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"mozilla-firefox\">Mozilla Firefox<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Firefox Developer Tools allow you to examine, edit, and debug HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the desktop and on mobile. Also, you can download a version of of Firefox called Firefox Developer Edition that is tailored for developers, featuring the latest Firefox features and experimental developer tools.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Tools\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Mozilla Firefox DevTools here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To open Firefox Developer Tools, either right-click on any page element and select&nbsp;<code>Inspect Element<\/code>&nbsp;or open the Firefox settings menu in the top-right corner of your browser window and select&nbsp;<code>Developer<\/code>. Alternatively, you can use the shortcuts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><code>Command + Option + i<\/code>&nbsp;(Mac)<\/li><li><code>Ctrl + Shift + i<\/code>&nbsp;(Windows\/Linux).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"internet-explorer\">Internet Explorer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you use Internet Explorer, then you can access F12 developer tools by simply pressing&nbsp;<code>F12<\/code>. The features vary between versions, but starting at Internet Explorer 8 remain pretty consistent. Below, we&#8217;ve linked to documentation for each version, but if you&#8217;ve upgraded to Microsoft Edge, then check the next section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/dd565628.aspx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Internet Explorer 8<\/a><\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/gg589512.aspx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Internet Explorer 9<\/a><\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/hh673549.aspx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Internet Explorer 10<\/a><\/li><li><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/msdn.microsoft.com\/en-us\/library\/bg182636.aspx\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Internet Explorer 11<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"microsoft-edge\">Microsoft Edge<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft Edge introduces great new improvements to the F12 developer tools seen in Internet Explorer. The new tools are built in TypeScript, and are always running, so no reloads are required. In addition, F12 developer tools documentation is now fully available on&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/MicrosoftDocs\/edge-developer\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">GitHub<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like Internet Explorer, to open developer tools in Microsoft Edge simply press&nbsp;<code>F12<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.windows.com\/en-us\/microsoft-edge\/platform\/documentation\/f12-devtools-guide\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Microsoft Edge DevTools here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"safari\">Safari<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For any Mac users, Safari includes Web Inspector, a powerful tool that makes it easy to modify, debug, and optimize a website for peak performance and compatibility on both platforms.&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/safari\/tools\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn more about Safari Web Inspector here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To access Safari&#8217;s Web Development Tools, enable the Develop menu in Safari\u2019s Advanced preferences.&nbsp;Once enabled, you can right-click on any page element and select&nbsp;<code>Inspect Element<\/code>&nbsp;to open Web Development Tools or use the shortcut&nbsp;<code>Command + Option + i<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"opera\">Opera<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Opera is a fast, lean and powerful web browser. you can open Developer tools in Opera using the following keyboard shortcuts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><code>Command + Option + i<\/code>&nbsp;(Mac)<\/li><li><code>Ctrl + Shift + i<\/code>&nbsp;(Windows\/Linux).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Alternatively, you can target a specific element by right-clicking in the page and selecting\u00a0<code>Inspect Element<\/code>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More Information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/web\/tools\/chrome-devtools\/\">Chrome DevTools here<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.mozilla.org\/en-US\/docs\/Tools\">Mozilla Firefox DevTools<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/dev.windows.com\/en-us\/microsoft-edge\/platform\/documentation\/f12-devtools-guide\/\">Microsoft Edge DevTools<\/a><\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/developer.apple.com\/safari\/tools\/\">Safari Web Inspector<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/dev.opera.com\/extensions\/testing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dev.Opera<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<div class=\"gtech-end-cont\" id=\"gtech-4094491535\"><div style=\"margin-right: auto;margin-left: auto;text-align: center;\" id=\"gtech-967504826\"><a data-bid=\"1\" data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/linkout\/76065\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"notrack\" aria-label=\"26002\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/media\/2025\/10\/26002-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\"  style=\"display: inline-block;\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google Chrome The Chrome DevTools are a set of web authoring and debugging tools built into Google Chrome. Use the DevTools to iterate, debug and profile your site.&nbsp;Learn more about Chrome DevTools here. To open Chrome DevTools, either right-click on any page element and select&nbsp;Inspect&nbsp;or open the Chrome settings menu in the top-right corner of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":6069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[697,171,250,318,1184,279,623,6,871],"class_list":["post-7649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-how-to","tag-apple-safari","tag-google-chrome","tag-developers","tag-mozilla-firefox","tag-internet-explorer","tag-microsoft-edge","tag-opera-browser","tag-programming","tag-web-development"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gtechbooster.com\/api-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}