Adam Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 One of the minor things I always liked about Firefox over Chrome is that it didn't require you to refresh the page in order to view the source. In a recent release though, I think 8.0, they've changed it so now you do. Can be quite annoying, for example when you're debugging issues that only allow one submission. Is there any way to disable it? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZulfadlyAshBurn Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 you can always use chrome developer console by pressing F12. Click on elements tab. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1290443 Share on other sites More sharing options...
cs.punk Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I just received a notification to download v8 about 20 minutes ago? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1290449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 True, but when reading through long exception object dumps and such it's a bit clunky. Plus you loose it on the next page load, which isn't handy to refer back to. I just want a plain text pop-up. @cs.punk - I've had it about a week, maybe more? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1290451 Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe92 Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 You can press f5 whiles viewing the source to refresh just the source. Don't know if that's what you mean? Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1290453 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip Posted November 22, 2011 Share Posted November 22, 2011 I'm running 8.0 and I still have it popup with a new window without a reload. :-/ Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1290454 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 22, 2011 Author Share Posted November 22, 2011 Hmm perhaps should be a bit clearer; by refresh the page, I mean when you view the source it sends a repeat request to get the source, instead of just showing it you. If it's a POST request, a pop-up within the source window will confirm you want to re-submit the data. It's not a huge problem, minor annoyance I would like to disable if I can. Checked the settings and I can't find anything that sounds like it's related, and nothing in about:config as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1290472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
kicken Posted November 26, 2011 Share Posted November 26, 2011 I do most my dev work in chrome and since they have always had that view source reload problem I got used to using Fiddler2 when I need to debug things like that. Using it you can just find whichever request your interested in and then view it's data. Works well when dealing with xhr requests and such too. Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1291416 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Posted November 27, 2011 Author Share Posted November 27, 2011 Cheers for that, looks like a useful tool! Quote Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/251623-firefox-refreshes-page-when-viewing-source/#findComment-1291437 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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