1298629 - Some DevTools: missing menu entries

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[kevink9876543]

SeaMonkey nightly 2.48a1 build 20160818003002  (2.46 is also affected)
Linux x86_64
new profile

Some devtools menu items, including the Web Console and Inspector, do not show up in the menu.  Keyboard shortcuts, such as Ctrl-Shift-K, don't work either.  Seems like there is no way to use these devtools.


Possibly related Browser Console messages:

TypeError: browser[name] is undefined  gDevTools.jsm:160:5
this.gDevToolsBrowser[name]  resource://devtools/client/framework/gDevTools.jsm:160:5
gWebDeveloper.handleEvent  chrome://navigator/content/webDeveloperOverlay.js:101:9

TypeError: menu is null  browser-menus.js:341:3


Looking at the "TypeError: menu is null" brings the following code:
>  let menu = doc.getElementById("menuWebDeveloperPopup");
>  menu.appendChild(menuItems);
> 
>  // There is still "Page Source" menuitem hardcoded into browser.xul. Instead
>  // of manually inserting everything around it, move it to the expected
>  // position.
>  let pageSource = doc.getElementById("menu_pageSource");
>  let endSeparator = doc.getElementById("devToolsEndSeparator");
>  menu.insertBefore(pageSource, endSeparator);

So part of the problem is that it is looking for hard-coded IDs that don't exist in SeaMonkey, however that may not be the whole story, as adding an extra menu with those IDs did not fix it for me.

Comment 1

[kevink9876543]

Actually, work-around (thanks to Mc) is to use the "Toggle Tools" menu item to bring up devtools, and then manually select the desired devtool.

Comment 2

[Rainer Bielefeld]

We already have shortcut Bugs
[Bug 1265485] (Devtools) Browser Console keyboard shortcut does not work
[Bug 1289982] twin occupancy of DevTools related keyboard shortcuts
[Bug 1290785] Some FF-DevTools opening keyboard shortcuts only work with DevTools already opened

Comment 3

[Rainer Bielefeld]

Attachment: Affected Menu Items

Screenshot comparison of menu itmes:
Firefox   ↔   SeaMonkey

Comment 4

[kevink9876543]

(In reply to Rainer Bielefeld from comment #2)
> We already have shortcut Bugs
> [Bug 1265485] (Devtools) Browser Console keyboard shortcut does not work
> [Bug 1289982] twin occupancy of DevTools related keyboard shortcuts
Those are totally different issues from this.  FWIW I can confirm that the patch in bug 1265485 does not affect this bug at all.

> [Bug 1290785] Some FF-DevTools opening keyboard shortcuts only work with
> DevTools already opened
Thanks Rainer, I'm adding that one to See Also because it looks very much related to this bug.
(Not duplicates though, because Ctrl-Shift-K doesn't work for me with devtools open either.)