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David Pierce
2,700 PointsCan't open browser's console on Safari
I have the safari console. I tried to open the browser's console with Cmd+option+C (I even tried all the other keyboard shortcuts as well). Nothing is working. What am I doing wrong?
3 Answers
Adam Pengh
29,881 PointsYou have to enable the Developer Menu first for Safari. Instructions below:
"If you’re a web developer, the Safari Develop menu provides tools you can use to make sure your website works well with all standards-based web browsers.
If you don’t see the Develop menu in the menu bar, choose Safari > Preferences, click Advanced, then select “Show Develop menu in menu bar.”
https://support.apple.com/guide/safari/use-the-safari-develop-menu-sfri20948/mac
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHi David,
Unless limited for reasons beyond your control, I strongly recommend not using Safari for Development... it really is not the best... Personally, I find Safari subpar in almost every aspect of a web browser.
So, I very much recommend using Chrome for anything Development related. You will also find the courses at Treehouse will be easier to follow along with as all the instructors there use Chrome and the Chrome Dev Tools in instructions.
Keep Coding! :)
David Pierce
2,700 PointsThanks for your input Jason. I suppose I can just download Chrome to my Mac, is that correct? I'm relatively new to this all...
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsHI David,
Yep, you can just download Chrome from Google.
David Pierce
2,700 PointsHello Jason, I think I'm understanding what you are saying. Do you find Safari subpar for development because it shows bugs for JS when it shouldn't? I see correct JS coding, but yet the browser comes back showing erroneous coding.
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 PointsFinding it sub-par is just my personal experience in using it. I don't even use Safari to casually browse. Compared to Firefox, which has great (and easy to use) privacy and security abilities (and not too bad developer tools) and Chrome which I feel is designed with developers in mind, Safari just falls way behind in all aspects of what I look for in a browser.
I'm Apple all the way... except for many of their software releases lately (don't even get me started on Xcode).
Anyways, it's really is just my personal opinion. But I do strongly suggest using Chrome at least when developing and especially when learning how to code (not just on Treehouse), as pretty much all developers use Chrome.
:)
Adam Pengh
29,881 PointsDavid Pierce With Safari open to a webpage, you can press Option + Command + i to open the Web Inspector and the click on the Console tab.
David Pierce
2,700 PointsSuper cool. Thanks Adam...
David Pierce
2,700 PointsDavid Pierce
2,700 PointsThanks Adam. I'll give that a try later on today. I appreciate your help. Thank you.
David Pierce
2,700 PointsDavid Pierce
2,700 PointsI appreciate it Adam. I now have the "develop" option on the menu bar. But now how do I open the browser's console from here? I don't see it. Thanks in advance..