Firebug always open in new window

by Henrik Hedegaard | August 08th, 2008

Recently I experienced that Firebug constantly opens in a new window when clicking on the Firebug icon inside Firefox. For some reason I couldn't figure out how to remove/disable this "feature". But finally I found the way.. Solution: Open Firebug (in a new window) ...

Author: Henrik Hedegaard

Henrik Hedegaard is a professional information architect as well as UI and UX specialist with the Danish design bureau Designit A/S. Henrik is also the co-founder of Reworks I/S, a small Danish web design bureau.

Open Firebug (in a new window)
Select / enable the Firebug window, eg. by clicking inside the Firebug window
Go to the menu and deselect: "View" > "Options" > "Always open in new window"

Now the Firebug is back to being embedded inside Firefox. GREAT!

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Thanks for this tip. I was

By Matthew (not verified) | 2009.01.08- 22:32

Thanks for this tip. I was just starting to pull my hair out when I read your post above! A million thanks!

Phew you just save a lot of

By Vibhu (not verified) | 2009.01.08- 23:38

Phew you just save a lot of frustration from blowing up. Thanks that worked well

praise the lord

By Anonymous (not verified) | 2009.07.24- 16:00

thanks for that. it was so annoying

ridiculous

By locksmiff (not verified) | 2009.07.27- 14:25

For me - I prefer it in a new window, as I put it on my left monitor, with the browser in the right - The problem is every page I load it opens, not when I click the firebug icon to open it as it used to work. This only started with their recent 1.4 upgrade. It is enough for me to uninstall it, and never use it again. This is a horrible problem with no solution, and should have been solved before releasing it to the public.