Is there any way to start automatically the Firebug/Inspector after starting Firefox/Chrome? Is there any way to start automatically the Firebug/Inspector after starting Firefox/Chrome? google-chrome google-chrome

Is there any way to start automatically the Firebug/Inspector after starting Firefox/Chrome?


In Firefox you can set Firebug to be always on by opening about:config and setting extensions.firebug.allPagesActivation to on.

Note that this will have Firebug always active and recording -- which you can see by the Firebug icon being colored -- but the panel may be minimized. Show it by clicking the icon or using the hotkey (Usually F12 but sometimes CtrlF12).

Note that the valid values for extensions.firebug.allPagesActivation are:

  • none -- (default) Page-by-page settings may apply.
  • on     -- Firebug is activated for all URLs.
  • off     -- Firebug is never activated.


As far as I have been searching it is not possible to do that in Google Chrome. But you can use the shortcut ctrlshiftj to open it immediately. Hope it helps!