No Prompt in Firefox Browser Console?

Question

I'm using Firefox for Ubuntu, version 39.0. I'm trying to debug an add-on and would like to run some JavaScript under chrome privileges. According to this page I should be able to do this in the Browser Console.

If I click on Tools -> Web Developer -> Browser Console in the Firefox menu, I get the Browser Console:

Only problem is, I can't evaluate anything. My question is: where's the prompt? Apparently this window should have a prompt. Things I have tried:

• Restarting Firefox with add-ons disabled (safe mode)
• Starting Firefox as a sudo user

Any tips?

Answer 1

You have to enable developer preferences:

"Setting up an extension development environment" MDN page from

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Thanks to your research it looks like it was the devtools.chrome.enabled preference.