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Firebug command line & editor not working

When I type few commands like this:

$("#popup").click();
var x = 1;
x;

the commands are simply copied to the prompt window. They are not executed !

What is wrong with my Firebug (Firefox) addon, please ?

Firefox v 43, Firebug v2.0.12b1 enter image description here

but with Chrome everything works fine enter image description here

Solution

  • According to a thread in the Firebug forum, this may be caused by a conflict with other extensions. The extensions named there are:

    • Wappalyzer
    • Ghostery 5.2.1
    • The easiest Xdebug 1.2
    • Skype Click to Call
    • A Greasemonkey script
    • Nimbus Screen Capture
    • 1Password
    • Coupons at Checkout

    So, if you have one of those extensions installed or a Greasemonkey script running, disabling it and try it again.

    If that doesn't help, I suggest you follow the steps described in the Firebug first aid page and report that bug. The steps are:

    1. Open the Firefox Error Console (Ctrl/⌘+Shift+J). Any errors related to Firebug? Copy them and remember to include them in your report.
    2. Create a new profile, install Firebug, reproduce the problem. Still a bug? Report the problem, else
    3. Return to your previous profile, open the Add-ons Manager via Ctrl/⌘+Shift+A or Firefox menu button > Add-ons or about:addons to disable all extensions except Firebug. Solved? Enable the other extensions again one by one until you find the buggy one and report it, else
    4. Open the troubleshooting information via Firefox menu button > ? > Troubleshooting Information, click Show Folder, open prefs.js in a text editor, copy all lines containing extensions.firebug into a separate text file, reset all options (via Firebug icon menu (upper left corner) > Options > Reset All Firebug Options), reproduce the problem. Solved? Report the problem attaching the created file, else
    5. In the profile folder go to firebug/, move the file breakpoints.json (if it doesn't exist, go to step 4) out of that folder, reproduce the problem. Solved? Report the problem attaching your breakpoints.json (Attention: breakpoints.json contains the URLs of all breakpoints you set, so make sure there's nothing, that shouldn't be public), else
    6. In the profile folder under firebug/ move the file annotations.json (if it doesn't exist, go to step 5) out of that folder, reproduce the problem. Solved? Report the problem attaching your annotations.json (Attention: annotations.json contains the URLs of all pages you enabled Firebug for, so make sure there's nothing, that shouldn't be public)