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#1 2009-04-14 08:40:54

garethjmsaunders
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Alphabetical order in Style and Computed Style tabs

I've just discovered DebugBar for IE and it's really useful thanks. I'm currently using DebugBar within IETester 0.3.2.

One thing that I'd find *really* helpful and would help speed up debugging is listing the declarations in the "Style" and "Comp. Style" tabs in alphabetical order.

For example, I'm examining a < > TABLE tag and in the Comp. Style tab I see something like this:

BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px;
WIDTH: 500px;
FONT-SIZE: 180;
MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px;
BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate;
PADDING-TOP: 0px;
VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle;
DISPLAY: block;
BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px;
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana;
BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px;
LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5;
BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
PADDING-RIGHT: 0px;
BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px;
PADDING-LEFT: 0px;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1.4em;
COLOR: #222;
TEXT-ALIGN: left;
MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.4em;
PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px;

It's really hard to quickly scan through the list and pick out what padding has been set, for example, as those declarations are scattered throughout the list.  Arranging it alphabetically, however, makes it much easier:

BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent;
BORDER-BOTTOM-WIDTH: 0px;
BORDER-COLLAPSE: separate;
BORDER-LEFT-WIDTH: 0px;
BORDER-RIGHT-WIDTH: 0px;
BORDER-TOP-WIDTH: 0px;
COLOR: #222;
DISPLAY: block;
FONT-FAMILY: Verdana;
FONT-SIZE: 180;
LINE-HEIGHT: 1.5;
MARGIN-BOTTOM: 1.4em;
MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px;
MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.4em;
PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px;
PADDING-LEFT: 0px;
PADDING-RIGHT: 0px;
PADDING-TOP: 0px;
TEXT-ALIGN: left;
VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle;
WIDTH: 500px;

I'd also prefer to see the declarations displayed in all-lowercase (or at least an option that allows me to select whether these declarations are shown as upper- or lowercase) as it's much easier to read (less shout-y) and while I recognise that CSS is case-insensitive it's generally written in all-lowercase.

Thanks

Gareth

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#2 2009-04-14 08:52:02

fabrice
DebugBar Support

Re: Alphabetical order in Style and Computed Style tabs

Good point. I will try to improve this part in a future DebugBar release.

Don't forget that DebugBar is not free for professional usage :-O.

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#3 2009-04-14 18:09:04

garethjmsaunders
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Re: Alphabetical order in Style and Computed Style tabs

fabrice wrote:

Don't forget that DebugBar is not free for professional usage :-O.

I've just checked your registration page.  It says "If you are using the Debugbar for private use or educational use, it is free to use."

I'd like clarification on what you mean by "educational use", because I work within the Web team at the University of St Andrews (wwwst-andrews.ac.uk) which is obviously an educational establishment and not strictly commercial.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Gareth

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#4 2009-04-15 07:11:19

fabrice
DebugBar Support

Re: Alphabetical order in Style and Computed Style tabs

I'd like clarification on what you mean by "educational use", because I work within the Web team at the University of St Andrews (wwwst-andrews.ac.uk) which is obviously an educational establishment and not strictly commercial.

In your case, you are not using DebugBar for educational purpose, but to develop the university web site. Is that right ?
In this case, you should buy a license in order to use DebugBar.

"educational use" means that you are using DebugBar to teach students.

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#5 2009-04-15 09:54:41

garethjmsaunders
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Re: Alphabetical order in Style and Computed Style tabs

Excellent. Thanks for the clarification -- much appreciated.

Gareth

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