Inspect popup for extensions removed; debug console eating extension form element inputs

Question

To debug extensions, Chrome used to have a "Inspect popup" menu option available when right clicking the extension icon (top right in the browser). I believe this options was recently removed (possibly with the latest Chrome version 20, which I am using) .

The debug console can still be activated by right clicking any element in the extension popup and selecting "Inspect element". The problem I am experiencing however is that whenever I now have the debug console open, typing into form elements in the popup does not work. Even though the form element seems to have the focus (it has a blinking cursor active), all input typed goes straight to the debug console.

Update: It seems focus is not specifically to the debug console, but to whichever window is below. It's like the extension window is a "stay on top" window, without capturing any input.

Update: 2012-07-24: Updated to 22.0.1215.0 (Official Build 147830) dev and the bug is still there. But yay, Youtube full screen now suddenly works on my dual screen system!

Update 2012-05-09: Upgraded from 20.0.1123 to 20.0.1130.1 dev on Linux x64 (Ubuntu 12.04). Problem still there, and makes debugging extensions a lot harder than needs be. Also confirmed behaviour on older Chrome release (20.0.1105.0). Oh well, maybe it's just me...

Update 2012-05-09 2: Assuming this is a bug, consider adding a background page to your popup and log to that page's console instead until bug gets fixed. At least that makes my life easier for now.

Update: 2012-10-19: As omri writes (and points to), the Inspect Popup option is on it's way to be put back into Chrome, which will hopefully solve this problem (finally).

Could anybody confirm/deny this behavior, and/or suggest possible workarounds?

Answer 1

1. Open the popup
2. Right click the popup window and inspect.

Answer 2

Its going to be re-added to chrome http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=143349