866901 - The relationship between the "Clear" button and the "Filter output" text input is confusing

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 872058

(DevTools :: Console, defect)

Description

[Jared Wein [:jaws] (please needinfo? me)]

In the web console, there is a "Filter output" text input on the far right. Next to it is a "Clear" button.

Text entered in the "Filter output" button controls which items are visible. The "Clear" button actually removes items from the console.

It is very easy though to expect that the "Clear" button will clear the filter (erasing the contents of the text input), but instead it clears the messages in the console.

This effect can be even worse when the text in the Filter has it such that there are no visible items being displayed. This was the exact scenario that I ran in to, and so I hit the "Clear" button to revert the filter, but instead I lost all of the console messages.

We could fix this a couple different ways:
A) Add an X in the Filter text input
B) Put a visible splitter between the two controls
C) Move these farther apart

Or another idea that I don't have on the top of my head :)

Comment 1

[Mihai Sucan [:msucan]]

Thanks for the bug report. This issue has been fixed in bug 872058.