Cookie tab for Firebug
Posted on March 6th, 2008 in Firebug, General Web Dev |
If you’re like me, and you’re constantly using document.cookie to check your cookie settings in Firebug Console - life just got a little bit easier with a Firebug Extension by Jan Odvarko called Firecookie that let’s you view and manage cookies. Sure their’s plenty of cookie plugin-ins for Firefox and the built-in cookie manager is fine, but for the speed of having a tab right there in your Firebug console it’s a great time-saver.
Another great feature is that whenever a cookie value changes it’s logged in your console - a feature especially good for troubleshooting (but perhaps an extra option for turning that off would be nice.) I like seeing what kind of values the sites I visit are using.
Jan has also wrote up a tutorial on extending the Firebug console with your own creations - this is something I’m definitely looking forward to experimenting with. I also look froward to seeing other creative addons. Nothing beats Yahoo’s YSlow Firebug extension, though. Something I’ll have to write more about in a future entry.
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> but perhaps an extra option for turning that off would be nice.
There is an option in the “Cookies” panel “Show logs in console” (see Options menu), which is designed just for this.
It would be probably more logical to have this option within the Console Options menu.
Thanks Juan - being able to toggle it in console options would be great - then I wouldn’t even need to access the Cookies tab unless i’m searching for a particular cookie. I’ll update this entry.
Additionally, thanks for taking the time to make the “extending Firebug” writeup!