How can I disable Developer Tools?
Hi there,
When using Firefox, the developer tools box is constantly flashing up on the screen and disrupting my sessions
Shown here -> http://i.imgur.com/qqxmo89.png
Can someone please let me know how to permanently disable it? I have tried addons like Keyconfig, but they don't seem to be able to stop it from popping up every five minutes.
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You are using an old version of Firefox (32.0), current version is 40.0.2. Updating often fix a lot of issues and improves safety.
Just update Firefox by following instructions here or download the last version from this link: getfirefox.com.
Banban said
You are using an old version of Firefox (32.0), current version is 40.0.2. Updating often fix a lot of issues and improves safety. Just update Firefox by following instructions here or download the last version from this link: getfirefox.com.
Sorry no, this isn't relevant to my question in any way shape or form.
You can try to toggle devtools.inspector.enabled to false on the about:config page.
You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
cor-el said
You can try to toggle devtools.inspector.enabled to false on the about:config page. You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.
Hi Co-rel
Sadly, no luck. I've tried disabling a few of the devtools values in about:config including that one to see if it might turn it off, but no such luck.
Part of me wonders if there's simply a way of disabling the hotkey (CTRL + SHIFT + C) since that would fix it. I think the issue is that my keyboard has a funny shift key, so occsaionally when I hit CTRL + C it's picking up all three.
You can consider to use Ctrl+Insert instead of Ctrl+C to copy text
- Copy: Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert (Mac: Command + C)
- Paste: Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert (Mac: Command + V)
- Cut: Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete (Mac: Command + X)
You can also try to assign some code that doesn't have affect or "cmd_copy" to the Ctrl+Shift+C shortcut.
cor-el said
You can consider to use Ctrl+Insert instead of Ctrl+C to copy textYou can also try to assign some code that doesn't have affect or "cmd_copy" to the Ctrl+Shift+C shortcut.
- Copy: Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Insert (Mac: Command + C)
- Paste: Ctrl+V or Shift+Insert (Mac: Command + V)
- Cut: Ctrl+X or Shift+Delete (Mac: Command + X)
Sadly, as mentioned in the title, I've already tried using Keyconfig but no luck unfortunately. It just ends up copying (and) opening the inspector tools. Surely the devs included a way to turn this thing off?