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Asked: 2026-05-31T01:26:50+00:00

Using Google Chrome, if you console.log an object, it lets you inspect the element

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Using Google Chrome, if you console.log an object, it lets you inspect the element in the console. For example:

var a = { "foo" : "bar", "whiz" : "bang" };
console.log(a);

This prints out Object which can be inspected by clicking on arrows next to it. If however I try to log an HTMLElement:

var b = goog.dom.query('html')[0];
console.log(b);

This prints out <html></html> which can not be inspected by clicking on arrows next to it. If I want to see the JavaScript object (with its methods and fields) instead of just the DOM of the element, how would I do that?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Use console.dir:

    var element = document.documentElement; // or any other element
console.log(element); // logs the expandable <html>…</html>
console.dir(element); // logs the element’s properties and values

    If you’re inside the console already, you could simply type dir instead of console.dir:

    dir(element); // logs the element’s properties and values

    To simply list the different property names (without the values), you could use Object.keys:

    Object.keys(element); // logs the element’s property names

    Even though there’s no public console.keys() method, if you’re inside the console already, you could just enter:

    keys(element); // logs the element’s property names

    This won’t work outside the console window, though.

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