Firebug web-developer debugging add-on version 1.5.2 now out

Firebug is an insanely useful add-on, even for those of us who are not all-out web developers. I tweak HTML every now and then, and Firebug is the best tool I know for figuring how why exactly your document doesn't look right (in Firefox at least, and now in Chrome too). It lets you easily select parts of your document for viewing, and change CSS on-the-fly so you can see what's the exact CSS rule which makes your page look all wonky.

One cool feature I found out about while working this morning (not new to this release): When you edit CSS, you can use the down-arrow on your keyboard to select all valid values for a certain property. This pretty picture shows it better:




1.5.2 is a pretty minor update, but it basically means they're done with the 1.5 branch for now, and are focusing on the next version (1.6).

Tags: css, firebug, firefox, web-development