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Too many panels problem in Firebug

by Honza

I have already mentioned several times that the number of extensions for Firebug is unbelievable and still increasing. My guess is that there is currently about 40 extensions adding new features. And of course, this great to see!

Many of these extensions are creating new panels with various additional info, often related to the current web-page and the problem is that there is not enough horizontal space to display all the panel tabs at once. So, after installing enough number of extensions, the situation can look like as follows.

Too many tabs in Firebug

The screenshot clearly shows what happens if there is too many tabs. The search box is pushed off the screen and it's not possible to even see the other tabs...

Please help us to decide how to solve this problem!

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Automated Tests for Firebug

by Honza

I have recently written some documentation about how to write automated tests for Firebug (possibly even for Firebug extensions) and also how to run an official Firebug test suite. Here is a quick summary and a few links.

Firebug Test Doc Home
Running Automated Test Suite
Test Examples
Test API

Running Automated Test Suite

Running the official test suite is as easy as installing Firebug and FBTest (Firebug) extension.

At some point (I hope in FB 1.6), the FBTest extension will be part of Firebug developer build (with an 'X' in the name) so, running tests should be even easier.

To execute all tests:

  1. Open Firebug Test Console. Pick menu Tools -> Firebug -> Open Test Console.
  2. Put http://getfirebug.com/tests/content/testlists/firebug1.5.html URL into the URL bar (should be there by default).
  3. Press Run All button on the toolbar.

There are some tests that require Firefox 3.6 so, the recommended configuration (to see all green) is:

  • Firefox 3.6
  • Firebug 1.5

Please let us know if you see failing tests.

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