[Ext] Console² 0.1 to 0.3.6.2

[old zeniko]

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Thanks for the additional click...

[asqueella]

Nice!

It thinks that errors logged with nsIConsoleService are from content, though.

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Components.classes['@mozilla.org/consoleservice;1'].getService(Components.
interfaces.nsIConsoleService).logStringMessage("Hello world!");

[old zeniko]

It thinks that errors logged with nsIConsoleService are from content, though.

Fixed that, as well as the display flaws. Furthermore I also uploaded an update to Console Filter which allows these two extensions to be used together.

[asqueella]

The update links in your update.xml are pointing to Mass Installer.

[old zeniko]

The update links in your update.xml are pointing to Mass Installer.

Thanks for the note. Sorry for that. Fixed.

[-dt-]

wow this is sweet thanks.

[asqueella]

What do you think about changing accesskey for context dropdown (anywhere/chrome/content) to "e" from "n"? Currently, when I select "chrome", it's displayed as "Chrome (_N_)".

[old zeniko]

What do you think about changing accesskey for context dropdown (anywhere/chrome/content) to "e" from "n"? Currently, when I select "chrome", it's displayed as "Chrome (_N_)".

<a href="http://www.haslo.ch/zeniko/software/console2.xpi">Fixed</a> (v0.1.2). More notably, loading speed should be now on par with the JavaScript Console's.

[asqueella]

I'm getting these two. I know it doesn't help much in figuring out where the problem is, but thought I'd let you know.

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER) [nsIScrollBoxObject.ensureElementIsVisible]" nsresult: "0x80004003 (NS_ERROR_INVALID_POINTER)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://global/content/bindings/richlistbox.xml :: ensureElementIsVisible :: line 347" data: no]

Error: uncaught exception: [Exception... "Component returned failure code: 0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE) [nsIDOMXULElement.boxObject]" nsresult: "0x80004005 (NS_ERROR_FAILURE)" location: "JS frame :: chrome://console2/content/console2.xml :: get_visible :: line 0" data: no]

The latter one appears when switching the "context" button - after I do something with the console. I haven't yet figured what triggers this.

[eonics]

This is nice.

In 1.5b1 there are also XML non-well formed errors being reported to the console.

[old zeniko]

The first error is due to a bug in Firefox which is fixed in today's nightly (that's why I've removed the work-around, exposing this bug for some few hours). I'll look into the second one and the xml category...

[old zeniko]

I've separately uploaded the current testing version: <a href="http://www.haslo.ch/zeniko/software/console2-dev.xpi">Console² v0.1.3+</a>. If you're interested, you might already want to have a look a the new features and comment on the general design:
* I've replaced the Clear button with a Tools menu which additionally contains options for copying all visible items and toggles for the visibility of duplicate items and the evaluate toolbar and a shortcut to javascript.options.strict.
* Duplicate entries can now be collapsed to the most recent one, which features the dupe count at the top right border.
* The new XML mode shows the very few XML, XBL, XUL and HTML errors you might encounter.
* The console can be opened in the sidebar through View -> Sidebar -> Error Console.

Comments are welcome. Interesting points would be:
* Should there really be no real menu, only the one catch-all (Tools)?
* Are there any more urgent console bugs you'd like to see fixed?

[phiw13]

This looks real pretty.

Two thoughts @Console² v0.1.3, nit-picking really:
* could you put a vertical separator between each menu item ? (something similar as the one to the left of 'clear').
* alternating background colours for the rows (light-grey/white), and a 1px thick border. The current 2px thick border looks a bit heavy.

Runs very well on:
Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.9a1) Gecko/20050915 Firefox/1.6a1 ID:2005091505

[asqueella]

I don't like that the Clear menu is hidden in Tools, and harder to click with a mouse, but with the advanced filtering options, I think I can get used to this.

[old zeniko]

I don't like that the Clear menu is hidden in Tools, and harder to click with a mouse, but with the advanced filtering options, I think I can get used to this.

I've updated the <a href="http://www.haslo.ch/zeniko/software/console2-dev.xpi">testing version</a> to Console² v0.1.3.1+, which should solve this issue: the console's toolbar is now customizable and the clear button is just missing in the default set. Additionally I've reduced the separating lines to 1px.