1342028 - Display whether element contains a scrollbar in Layout view

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 1521776

(DevTools :: Inspector, defect, P3)

Description

[Tim Nguyen :ntim]

One of the common struggles with layout debugging is knowing at which level (element) the scrollbar is present. Sometimes it's not obvious whether if it's the parent that has the scrollbar, or whether it's the child.

It would be nice to also display JS layout properties like:
- scrollTop/Left/...

Comment 1

[Gabriel Luong [:gl] (ΦωΦ)]

Hi ntim, 

We are trying to triage this bug, and wanted to get the scope of what you have in mind to make this actionable. I assume adding scrollTop/.. to the box model properties. If it is just that, you can add a P3 to the bug.

Comment 2

[Tim Nguyen :ntim]

(In reply to Gabriel Luong [:gl][1 biz day review guarantee] (ΦωΦ) from comment #1)
> Hi ntim, 
> 
> We are trying to triage this bug, and wanted to get the scope of what you
> have in mind to make this actionable. I assume adding scrollTop/.. to the
> box model properties. If it is just that, you can add a P3 to the bug.

I was thinking of just adding a small indicator when a scrollbar is present (would probably require platform work). Having scrollTop/... doesn't necessarily mean a scrollbar is there.

Comment 3

[BMO Automation]

Per policy at https://wiki.mozilla.org/Bug_Triage/Projects/Bug_Handling/Bug_Husbandry#Inactive_Bugs. If this bug is not an enhancement request or a bug not present in a supported release of Firefox, then it may be reopened.

Comment 4

[Patrick Brosset <:pbro>]

I'm going to close this as a duplicate of bug 1521776 since that bug essentially added the "small indicator" mentioned in comment 2.
Please feel free to re-open if there was more to the original idea.