vue-devtools
Installation
Important Usage Notes
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If the page uses a production/minified build of Vue.js, devtools inspection is disabled by default so the Vue pane won't show up.
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To make it work for pages opened via
file://
protocol, you need to check "Allow access to file URLs" for this extension in Chrome's extension management panel.
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To enable this feature, follow this guide.
Manual Installation
This is only necessary when you want to build the extension yourself from source to get not-yet-released features.
Make sure you are using Node 6+ and NPM 3+
- Clone this repo
npm install
(Oryarn install
if you are using yarn as the package manager)npm run build
- Open Chrome extension page
- Check "developer mode"
- Click "load unpacked extension", and choose
shells/chrome
.
Development
- Clone this repo
npm install
npm run dev
- A plain shell with a test app will be available at
localhost:8100
.
Quick Start in chrome
// Before you create app
Vue.config.devtools = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
// After you create app
window.__VUE_DEVTOOLS_GLOBAL_HOOK__.Vue = app.constructor;
// then had to add in ./store.js as well.
Vue.config.devtools = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development'
Testing as Firefox addon
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Install
web-ext
$ npm install --global web-ext
Or, for Yarn:
$ yarn global add web-ext
Also, make sure
PATH
is set up. Something like this in~/.bash_profile
:$ PATH=$PATH:$(yarn global bin)
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Build and run in Firefox
$ npm run build $ npm run run:firefox
When using Yarn, just replace
npm
withyarn
.
Common problems and how to fix
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Fixing "Download the Vue Devtools for a better development experience" console message when working locally over
file://
protocol: 1.1 - Google Chrome: Right click on vue-devtools icon and click "Manage Extensions" then search for vue-devtools on the extensions list. Check the "Allow access to file URLs" box. -
How to use the devtools in IE/Edge/Safari or any other browser? Get the standalone Electron app (works with any environment!)