Bug 214843 - Web Inspector: Web Inspector should allow to be opened on the new tab page
Summary: Web Inspector: Web Inspector should allow to be opened on the new tab page
Status: RESOLVED MOVED
Alias: None
Product: WebKit
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Inspector (show other bugs)
Version: WebKit Nightly Build
Hardware: All All
: P2 Normal
Assignee: Nobody
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Keywords: InRadar
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Reported: 2020-07-27 13:01 PDT by Thomas Steiner
Modified: 2020-07-29 02:33 PDT (History)
5 users (show)

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Description Thomas Steiner 2020-07-27 13:01:11 PDT 
Chrome and Firefox DevTools can be opened from the new tab page, allowing developers to easily record first-time visits. The current annoying-ish work-around for Web Inspector is to first go to a dummy page like example.com, to then navigate to the actual target page. 

Real user feedback: http://twitter.com/__jakub_g/status/1287662764752883712
Comment 1 BJ Burg 2020-07-27 16:45:25 PDT 
Thanks for the feedback. Another workaround is to set New Tabs Open With: to "Empty Page" (aka about:blank).
Comment 2 Radar WebKit Bug Importer 2020-07-27 16:45:59 PDT 
<rdar://problem/66189000>
Comment 3 BJ Burg 2020-07-27 16:47:12 PDT 
This has been imported to Safari's bug tracker. The fix is likely not in WebKit, but I'll update the bug if we make progress on this.
Comment 4 Timothy Hatcher 2020-07-28 12:02:00 PDT 
This has been fixed in Safari. Should appear in Safari Technology Preview 112.
Comment 5 Thomas Steiner 2020-07-29 02:33:37 PDT 
Wow, thanks for the fast fix :-) Appeciated!