How do you inspect the web inspector in Chrome?

Question

According to Google this can be accomplished by visiting "chrome-devtools://devtools/devtools.html" in Chrome but now visiting that page in the stable version of Chrome (or Canary), just shows a 99% stripped version of the inspector.

To reiterate my "title" this is in reference to "inspecting" the inspector. Not just inspecting a normal webpage.

And while I don't think it's necessary to know to resolve the issue, I"m inspecting the inspector so I can style it as discussed by Paul Irish and here: https://darcyclarke.me/articles/development/skin-your-chrome-inspector/

Answer 1

Follow these easy steps!

1. Press Command+Option+i (Ctrl+Shift+i on Windows) to open DevTools.

2. Make sure that the developer tools are undocked into a new window. You may have to undock from the menu:

3. Press Command+Option+i again on this new window.

4. That will open the DevTools on the DevTools.

• You can redock the page's DevTools if you want.

1. If it's not already, select Elements — it's the first icon at the top of the inspector.

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A little beyond the scope of your question, but still valid in understanding why you're experiencing your problem can be found by understanding how Chrome Developer Tools: Remote Debugging works.

Answer 2

1. Open chrome://inspect
2. Open the inspector on that page (cmd + alt + i)
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page, under the Other section click the inspect link

The URL in the Other section should look something like this: chrome-devtools://devtools/devtools.html?docked=true&dockSide=bottom&toolbarColor=rgba(230,230,230,1…

EDIT: they've fancied up the chrome:inspect page so you have to click the Other header on the left to get this to work now.