Code in inspect element cannot be found

Question

So I've been scratching my head for the last two hours over this little issue. I can see the HTML code in inspect element.

But cannot find it anywhere. I've looked at all the files including the css, javascript and also sass files. Is there a method on the inspect elements that can accurately show me the code file? So far is seems to think it's in the index.html file..

Looking forward to your responses

Answer 1

It might be that the code does not exist in the source, it might have been generated on the fly with javascript, or the content might have been generated server side, possibly from a DB. If its a case of malformed html (no closing tags etc), it might also have been generated by the browser itself.

If you give us more info on whats not showing we might help to determine where it originates from. Is it inline CSS? Is it an article? Is it appearing from clicking other stuff?

EDIT: To answer you question "Is there a method on the inspect elements that can accurately show me the code file?" No, there isnt, it can come from the above mentioned methods or other, and since youre not sharing the actual case all we can do to help is keep guessing