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Asked: 2026-06-08T19:32:27+00:00

To debug extensions, Chrome used to have a Inspect popup menu option available when

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To debug extensions, Chrome used to have a “Inspect popup” menu option available when right clicking the extension icon (top right in the browser). I believe this options was recently removed (possibly with the latest Chrome version 20, which I am using) .

The debug console can still be activated by right clicking any element in the extension popup and selecting “Inspect element”. The problem I am experiencing however is that whenever I now have the debug console open, typing into form elements in the popup does not work. Even though the form element seems to have the focus (it has a blinking cursor active), all input typed goes straight to the debug console.

Update: It seems focus is not specifically to the debug console, but to whichever window is below. It’s like the extension window is a “stay on top” window, without capturing any input.

Update: 2012-07-24: Updated to 22.0.1215.0 (Official Build 147830) dev and the bug is still there. But yay, Youtube full screen now suddenly works on my dual screen system!

Update 2012-05-09: Upgraded from 20.0.1123 to 20.0.1130.1 dev on Linux x64 (Ubuntu 12.04). Problem still there, and makes debugging extensions a lot harder than needs be. Also confirmed behaviour on older Chrome release (20.0.1105.0). Oh well, maybe it’s just me…

Update 2012-05-09 2: Assuming this is a bug, consider adding a background page to your popup and log to that page’s console instead until bug gets fixed. At least that makes my life easier for now.

Update: 2012-10-19: As omri writes (and points to), the Inspect Popup option is on it’s way to be put back into Chrome, which will hopefully solve this problem (finally).

Could anybody confirm/deny this behavior, and/or suggest possible workarounds?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Just upgraded to 22.0.1221.1 (Official Build 149058) dev and the problem seems to have been solved, albeit with a workaround. The old way of right clicking in the popup window and selecting “Inspect Element” to start up the console still grabs all input as originally reported.

    However, it seems by right clicking the popup icon, the old “Inspect Popup” seems to be back, and when this is used it does not seem to grab input from the open popup window itself.

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