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Re: Locating the "source" of a style

Sent by Tommy Sundström on 2 June 2004 10:10


At 10:01 2004-06-02, you wrote:
> > I have found debugging complex style sheets extremely difficult.  Is there
> > any type of debugging tool out there that would assist in finding the
> > "source" of a style?  For example, often a property's value is inherited,
> > overridden, or worse, calculated as a composite (i.e. a percentage of the
> > parent's value).  I'd like to be able to determine (with more automation!)
> > what rule or rules had influence on the final result.  Wouldn't it be
>great
> > to be able to see a trace of influencing rules?  I have in mind something
> > similar to a function call stack trace.  Any thoughts??
> >


Mozilla DOM inspector does this, see http://www.clagnut.com/blog/340

Also a bookmarklet called "Computed styles" does this.

/Tommy



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