Google Chrome follow developer console logging

Question

Im using console.log lots in my javascript for debugging mouse move events. The problem im having is that when in the chrome console the new entries aren't followed.

Its best illustrated in these screenshots:

First lot of logs is fine because its big enough to see all of it on the screen:

A few seconds later:

The log has gone past the size of the window requiring me to scroll.

This makes it incredibly difficult to debug mouse move events because I have to move over to the console and scroll down, thus adding more entries to the log.

So my question is: How can I get chrome to essentially tail the log instead of stopping and require me to scroll.

Answer 1

With the console open, drag the scroll bar down to the bottom of the window and release it. It should tail the output for you.

It took me quite a few tries to get it to work in Version 27.0.1438.7 dev-m. But in Version 27.0.1440.0 canary, not only did it happen automatically, I could reattach the auto-scroll each time I tried.

You can download Canary from here.