Question

What is the use of firebug’s “Open With Editor” function?

Answer 1

I’d say it’ll allow you to visualize a file / feed with an editor — which means better searching features, syntax-highlighting, better-ability to copy code…

But it means you have to configure the editors, so firebug knows how to call one — especially, so it knows how to pass it the data.

Edit after the comment : no, I don’t see it allows you to see your modifications into the website — but it’s, I think, easier to go through the HTML code this way, with the editor you’re using in your every-day life as a developer.

For example, you can check what’s said in this article : Check Edit HTML Code with Firebug — check the Editing With Firebug section.

And to use it, you have to :

• select something like “Open with editor > Configure editors“, and, in the dialog box, set the path to your editor
• and, then, to edit some HTML page, select “Open with editor > name of your editor“

(The labels may not be exactly those : I’m using the french version…)