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// Copyright 2017 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved. // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be // found in the LICENSE file. // NOTE: need to be careful about adding release notes early otherwise it'll // be shown in Canary (e.g. make sure the release notes are accurate). // https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/devtools-frontend/wiki/Release-Notes /* eslint-disable rulesdir/no_underscored_properties */ import * as Host from '../host/host.js'; import {ReleaseNote} from './HelpImpl.js'; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars const continueToHereShortcut = Host.Platform.isMac() ? 'Command' : 'Control'; const networkSearchShortcut = Host.Platform.isMac() ? 'Command+F' : 'Control+F'; const commandMenuShortcut = Host.Platform.isMac() ? 'Command+Shift+P' : 'Control+Shift+P'; export const releaseNoteText: ReleaseNote[] = [ { version: 31, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 89 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Debugging support for Trusted Type violations', subtitle: 'Breakpoint on Trusted Type violations and link to more information in the Issues tab.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools#trusted-types', }, { title: 'Capture node screenshot beyond viewport', subtitle: 'Capture node screenshot for a full node including content below the fold.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools#node-screenshot', }, { title: 'New Trust Token tab for network requests', subtitle: 'Display Trusted Token parameters and results of network requests.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools#trust-token', }, { title: 'Lighthouse 7', subtitle: 'New audits for PWA, accessibility, third-party embeds, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools#lighthouse', }, { title: 'Elements panel updates', subtitle: 'Support forcing CSS :target state, color pickers for custom CSS properties, a new context menu to duplicate elements, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools#elements-panel', }, { title: 'Cookies updates', subtitle: 'Option to show URL-decoded cookies, only clear visible cookies, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools#cookies', }, { title: 'User-Agent Client Hints for custom devices', subtitle: 'Edit User-Agent Client Hints for custom devices.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools#ua-ch', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2021/01/devtools', }, { version: 30, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 88 update', highlights: [ { title: 'New CSS angle visualization tools', subtitle: 'Better visualize and edit CSS angle in the Styles pane.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/11/devtools#css-angle', }, { title: 'Emulate unsupported image types', subtitle: '2 new emulations to disable AVIF and WebP image formats in the Rendering tab.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/11/devtools#emulate-image', }, { title: 'Simulate storage quota size', subtitle: 'Override storage quota size in the Storage pane.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/11/devtools#simulate-storage', }, { title: 'New Web Vitals lane', subtitle: 'New Web Vitals lane in the Performance panel recordings.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/11/devtools#web-vitals', }, { title: 'Report CORS errors in the Network panel', subtitle: 'Show CORS errors label and error code for failed CORS requests.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/11/devtools#cors', }, { title: 'Frame details view updates', subtitle: 'New cross-origin isolation status, API availability section, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/11/devtools#frame-details', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/11/devtools', }, { version: 29, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 87 update', highlights: [ { title: 'New CSS Grid debugging tools', subtitle: 'Debug and inspect CSS Grid with the new CSS Grid debugging tools.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools#css-grid', }, { title: 'New WebAuthn tab', subtitle: 'Emulate authenticators and debug the Web Authentication API with the new WebAuthn tab.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools#webauthn', }, { title: 'Move tools between top and bottom panel', subtitle: 'Move tools in DevTools between the top and bottom panel.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools#moveable-tools', }, { title: 'Elements panel updates', subtitle: 'View the Computed sidebar pane in the Styles pane, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools#elements-panel', }, { title: 'Lighthouse 6.4', subtitle: 'New audits to validate preload fonts, valid sourcemaps, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools#lighthouse', }, { title: '`performance.mark()` events in the Timings section', subtitle: 'Performance recording now marks `performance.mark()` events.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools#perf-mark', }, { title: 'New filters in the Network panel', subtitle: 'New `resource-type` and `url` keywords in the **Network panel** to filter network requests.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools#network-filters', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/10/devtools', }, { version: 28, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 86 update', highlights: [ { title: 'New Media panel', subtitle: 'View and download media information on a browser tab.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#media-panel', }, { title: 'Issues tab updates', subtitle: 'The Issues warning bar is replaced with a regular message. Issues tab has a new checkbox to filter third-party cookie issues.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#issues-tab', }, { title: 'Emulate missing local fonts', subtitle: 'Emulate missing `local()` sources in @font-face rules.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#emulate-local-fonts', }, { title: 'Emulate inactive users', subtitle: 'Emulate idle state changes for both the user state and the screen state.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#emulate-inactive-users', }, { title: 'Emulate prefers-reduced-data', subtitle: 'Emulate the user preference on using less data for the page to be rendered.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#emulate-prefers-reduced-data', }, { title: 'Support for new JavaScript features', subtitle: 'Syntax support for logical assignment operators and numeric separators.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#javascript', }, { title: 'Lighthouse 6.2', subtitle: 'Enhance the unused-javascript audit if a page has publicly-accessible JavaScript source maps, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#lighthouse', }, { title: 'Deprecation of service workers “other origins” listing', subtitle: 'View “other origins” listing in chrome://serviceworker-internals/?devtools instead.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#deprecate-sw-other-origins', }, { title: 'New frame detailed view', subtitle: 'A new detailed view for each frame and window with security information.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#frame-detailed-view', }, { title: 'Network and Elements panel updates', subtitle: 'Capture node screenshots shortcut, accessible color suggestion, human-readable `X-Client-Data`, and more', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools#elements-network', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/08/devtools', }, { version: 27, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 85 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Style editing for CSS-in-JS', subtitle: 'Styles created with CSS Object Model APIs and Constructible Stylesheets are now editable.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#css-in-js', }, { title: 'Lighthouse 6', subtitle: 'New metrics that align with Google’s Core Web Vitals, a new weighting of the Performance score, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#lighthouse', }, { title: 'First Meaningful Paint (FMP) deprecation', subtitle: 'FMP has been removed from the Performance panel and deprecated in Lighthouse 6.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#fmp-deprecation', }, { title: 'Support for new JavaScript features', subtitle: 'Syntax and autocompletion support for optional chaining, private fields, and the nullish coalescing operator.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#javascript', }, { title: 'New app shortcut warnings in the Manifest pane', subtitle: 'Warnings for when an app icon image is too small or not the correct shape.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#app-shortcut-warnings', }, { title: 'Service worker respondWith events in the Timing tab', subtitle: 'More visibility into how long a service worker takes to respond to a fetch event.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#timing-tab', }, { title: 'Consistent display of the Computed pane', subtitle: 'The pane now always displays as a separate pane, rather than collapsing into the Styles pane.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#computed-pane', }, { title: 'Bytecode offsets for WebAssembly files', subtitle: 'Bytecode offsets are now displayed next to Wasm disassembly rather than line numbers.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#wasm', }, { title: 'Line-wise copy and cut in the Sources Panel', subtitle: 'Cut or copy an entire line of code.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#sources-panel', }, { title: 'Console Settings updates', subtitle: 'The “Group similar” option now applies to duplicate messages and the “Selected context only” option is now persisted.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#console-settings', }, { title: 'Performance panel updates', subtitle: 'Display JavaScript compilation cache information and align navigation timing in the Performance panel.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#perf-panel', }, { title: 'New icons for breakpoints, conditional breakpoints, and logpoints', subtitle: 'Breakpoints get a refreshed flag design with brighter and friendlier colors. Icons are added to differentiate conditional breakpoints and logpoints.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools#breakpoints', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/06/devtools', }, { version: 26, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 84 update', highlights: [ { title: 'The new Issues tab', subtitle: 'The Issues tab presents warnings from the browser in a structured, aggregated, and actionable way, links to affected resources within DevTools, and provides guidance on how to fix the issues.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools#issues', }, { title: 'New accessibility information in the Inspect Mode tooltip', subtitle: 'The tooltip now indicates whether an element has an accessible name and role and is keyboard-focusable.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools#a11y', }, { title: 'Performance panel updates', subtitle: 'New features related to Total Blocking Time (TBT) and Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS).', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools#performance', }, { title: 'More accurate Promise terminology', subtitle: 'When logging Promises in the Console, the status now matches the Promise spec.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools#performance', }, { title: 'Styles pane updates', subtitle: 'Support for the revert keyword, image previews, and more usage of space-separated functional color notation by default.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools#styles', }, { title: 'Deprecation of the Properties pane', subtitle: 'Use console.dir($0) instead.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools#properties', }, { title: 'App shortcuts support in the Manifest pane', subtitle: 'Verify your app shortcuts are set up correctly for your PWA.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools#app-shortcuts', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/05/devtools', }, { version: 25, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 83 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Emulate vision deficiencies from the Rendering tab', subtitle: 'Get a visual approximation of how people with vision deficiencies might experience your site.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#vision-deficiences', }, { title: 'Emulate locales from the Sensors tab or Console', subtitle: 'Emulating locales enables you to change JavaScript APIs such as `Intl.*`, DOM APIs such as `navigator.locale`, and the `Accept-Language` HTTP header that’s sent with network requests.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#locales', }, { title: 'Cross-Origin Embedder Policy (COEP) debugging', subtitle: 'Use the Status column and Response Headers section in the Network panel to debug COEP issues.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#COEP', }, { title: 'New icons for breakpoints, conditional breakpoints, and logpoints', subtitle: 'The new icons are more consistent with other GUI debugging tools and make it easier to distinguish between the 3 features at a glance.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#debugging-icons', }, { title: 'View network requests that set a specific cookie path', subtitle: 'Use the new `cookie-path` filter keyword to focus on the network requests that set a specific cookie path.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#cookie-path', }, { title: 'Dock to left from the Command Menu', subtitle: 'Run the “Dock to left” command to quickly move DevTools to the left of your viewport.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#dock-to-left', }, { title: 'The Settings option in the Main Menu has moved', subtitle: 'The option for opening Settings can now be found under “More Tools”.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#settings', }, { title: 'The Audits panel is now the Lighthouse panel', subtitle: 'Same features. New name.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#lighthouse', }, { title: 'Delete all Local Overrides in a folder', subtitle: 'Right-click a folder from the Overrides tab and select “Delete all overrides”.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#overrides', }, { title: 'Updated Long Tasks UI', subtitle: 'In the Performance panel Long Tasks now have a striped red background.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#long-tasks', }, { title: 'Maskable icon support in the Manifest pane', subtitle: 'Enable the “Show only the minimum safe area for maskable icons” checkbox.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#maskable-icons', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools', }, { version: 24, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 82 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Emulate vision deficiencies from the Rendering tab', subtitle: 'Get a visual approximation of how people with vision deficiencies might experience your site.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#vision-deficiences', }, { title: 'Cross-Origin Opener Policy (COOP) and Cross-Origin Embedder Policy (COEP) debugging', subtitle: 'Use the Status column and Response Headers section in the Network panel to debug COOP and COEP issues.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#COOP-COEP', }, { title: 'Dock to left from the Command Menu', subtitle: 'Run the “Dock to left” command to quickly move DevTools to the left of your viewport.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#dock-to-left', }, { title: 'The Audits panel is now the Lighthouse panel', subtitle: 'Same features. New name.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#lighthouse', }, { title: 'Delete all Local Overrides in a folder', subtitle: 'Right-click a folder from the Overrides tab and select “Delete all overrides”.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#overrides', }, { title: 'Updated Long Tasks UI', subtitle: 'In the Performance panel Long Tasks now have a striped red background.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#long-tasks', }, { title: 'Maskable icon support in the Manifest pane', subtitle: 'Enable the “Show only the minimum safe area for maskable icons” checkbox.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools#maskable-icons', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/03/devtools', }, { version: 23, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 81 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Moto G4 support in Device Mode', subtitle: 'Simulate Moto G4 viewport dimensions and display its hardware around the viewport.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/01/devtools#motog4', }, { title: 'Cookie-related updates', subtitle: 'Blocked cookies and cookie priority in the Cookies pane, editing all cookie values, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/01/devtools#cookies', }, { title: 'More accurate web app manifest icons', subtitle: 'DevTools now shows the exact icon that Chrome uses.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/01/devtools#manifesticons', }, { title: 'Hover over CSS `content` properties to see unescaped values', subtitle: 'Hover over a `content` value to see the rendered version of the value in a tooltip.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/01/devtools#content', }, { title: 'Source map errors in the Console', subtitle: 'The Console now tells you when a source map has failed to load or parse.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/01/devtools#sourcemaperrors', }, { title: 'A setting for disabling scrolling past the end of a file', subtitle: 'Go to Settings and disable the “Allow scrolling past end of file” checkbox.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/01/devtools#scrolling', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2020/01/devtools', }, { version: 22, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 80 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Support for let and class redeclarations', subtitle: 'When experimenting with new code in the Console, repeating `let` or `class` declarations no longer causes errors.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/12/devtools#redeclarations', }, { title: 'Improved WebAssembly debugging', subtitle: 'The Sources panel has increased support for stepping over code, setting breakpoints, and resolving stack traces in source languages.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/12/devtools#webassembly', }, { title: 'Network panel updates', subtitle: 'View request initiator chains, highlight requests in the Overview, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/12/devtools#network', }, { title: 'Audits panel updates', subtitle: 'The redesigned configuration UI has simplified throttling options.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/12/devtools#audits', }, { title: 'Coverage tab updates', subtitle: 'Choose per-function or per-block coverage, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/12/devtools#coverage', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/12/devtools', }, { version: 21, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 79 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Debug why a cookie was blocked', subtitle: 'Click a resource in the Network panel and go to the updated Cookies tab.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools#blockedcookies', }, { title: 'View cookie values', subtitle: 'Click a row in the Cookies pane in the Application panel to see the cookie’s value.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools#cookiepreviews', }, { title: 'Simulate prefers-color-scheme and prefers-reduced-motion preferences', subtitle: 'Open the Rendering tab to force your site into dark or light mode or set motion preferences.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools#userpreferences', }, { title: 'Code coverage updates', subtitle: 'More accessible colors, a filter text box, and a new integration with the Sources panel.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools#coverage', }, { title: 'Debug why a network resource was requested', subtitle: 'Click a resource in the Network panel and go to the new Initiator tab.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools#initiator', }, { title: 'Console and Sources panels respect indentation preferences again', subtitle: 'Set your preference in Settings > Preferences > Sources > Default Indentation.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools#indentation', }, { title: 'New shortcuts for cursor navigation', subtitle: 'Press Control+P or Control+N to move your cursor to the line above or below.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools#console', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/10/devtools', }, { version: 20, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 78 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Multi-client support in the Audits panel', subtitle: 'Use the Audits panel in combination with other features, like Local Overrides or Request Blocking.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/09/devtools#multiclient', }, { title: 'Payment Handler debugging', subtitle: 'Record Payment Handler events for 3 days, even when DevTools is closed.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/09/devtools#payments', }, { title: 'Lighthouse 5.2 in the Audits panel', subtitle: 'Measure the impact of third-party code on your load performance with the new Third-Party Usage audit.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/09/devtools#audits', }, { title: 'Largest Contentful Paint (LCP) in the Performance panel', subtitle: 'Click the new LCP marker in the Timing section to see the DOM node associated with your LCP.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/09/devtools#LCP', }, { title: 'File issues and feature requests from the Main Menu', subtitle: 'Found a bug? Got an idea on how to improve DevTools? Go to Main Menu > Help > Report a DevTools issue.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/09/devtools#issues', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/09/devtools', }, { version: 19, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 77 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Copy element styles', subtitle: 'Right-click an element in the DOM Tree and select Copy > Copy Styles.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#copystyles', }, { title: 'Visualize layout shifts', subtitle: `Press ${ commandMenuShortcut}, run Show Rendering, and enable Layout Shift Regions to visualize content shifts.`, link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#layoutshifts', }, { title: 'Lighthouse 5.1 in the Audits panel', subtitle: 'New audits for checking for PWA installability on iOS, keeping resource counts low, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#audits', }, { title: 'OS theme syncing', subtitle: 'DevTools now automatically switches to its own dark theme when it detects an OS in dark mode.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#theming', }, { title: 'Keyboard shortcut for opening the Breakpoint Editor', subtitle: `Press ${ Host.Platform.isMac() ? 'Command+Option+B' : 'Control+Alt+B'} when focused in the Editor to create Logpoints and Conditional Breakpoints more quickly.`, link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#breakpointeditor', }, { title: 'Prefetch cache in Network panel', subtitle: 'The Size column now indicates whether a resource came from the prefetch cache.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#prefetch', }, { title: 'Private properties when viewing objects', subtitle: 'The Console now shows private class fields in its object previews.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#privateclassfields', }, { title: 'Notification and push message logs', subtitle: 'Go to Application > Background Services > Notifications or Messages and click Record to log events for 3 days.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools#backgroundservices', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/07/devtools', }, { version: 18, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 76 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Autocomplete with CSS keyword values', subtitle: 'Typing a keyword value like `bold` in the Styles pane now autocompletes to `font-weight: bold`.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/05/devtools#values', }, { title: 'A new UI for network settings', subtitle: 'The “Use large request rows”, “Group by frame”, “Show overview”, and “Capture screenshots” options have moved to the new Network Settings pane.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/05/devtools#settings', }, { title: 'WebSocket messages in HAR exports', subtitle: 'Network logs downloaded from the Network panel now include WebSocket messages.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/05/devtools#websocket', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/05/devtools', }, { version: 17, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 75 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Meaningful preset values when autocompleting CSS functions', subtitle: 'Properties like `filter` that take functions for values now autocomplete to previewable values in the Styles pane.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/04/devtools#presets', }, { title: 'Clear site data from the Command Menu', subtitle: `Press ${commandMenuShortcut} and run the “Clear Site Data” command to clear cookies, storage, and more.`, link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/04/devtools#clear', }, { title: 'View all IndexedDB databases', subtitle: 'The IndexedDB pane now shows databases for all origins rather than just the main origin.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/04/devtools#indexeddb', }, { title: 'View a resource’s uncompressed size on hover', subtitle: 'Hover over the Size column in the Network panel to view a resource’s full size.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/04/devtools#uncompressed', }, { title: 'Inline breakpoints in the Breakpoints pane', subtitle: 'When you’ve got multiple breakpoints on a single line of code, the Breakpoints pane now lets you manage each one independently.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/04/devtools#inline', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/04/devtools', }, { version: 16, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 74 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Highlight all nodes affected by CSS property', subtitle: 'Hover over a CSS property like padding or margin in the Styles pane to highlight all nodes affected by that declaration.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/03/devtools#highlight', }, { title: 'Lighthouse v4 in the Audits panel', subtitle: 'Featuring a new “tap targets” audit for checking that mobile links and buttons are properly sized, and a new UI for PWA reports.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/03/devtools#lighthouse', }, { title: 'WebSocket binary message viewer', subtitle: 'Click a WebSocket connection in the Network Log, go to the Messages tab, then click a binary message to view its contents.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/03/devtools#binary', }, { title: 'Capture area screenshot in the Command Menu', subtitle: 'Press ' + commandMenuShortcut + ', run the “Capture area screenshot” command, and then drag your mouse to take a screenshot of part of the viewport.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/03/devtools#screenshot', }, { title: 'Service worker filters in the Network panel', subtitle: 'Type `is:service-worker-initiated` or `is:service-worker-intercepted` to only show service worker activity.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/03/devtools#swfilters', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/03/devtools', }, { version: 15, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 73 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Logpoints', subtitle: 'Log messages to the Console without cluttering up your code with `console.log()` calls.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/01/devtools#logpoints', }, { title: 'Detailed tooltips in Inspect Mode', subtitle: 'When inspecting a node, DevTools now shows an expanded tooltip containing text, ' + 'color contrast, and box model information.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/01/devtools#inspect', }, { title: 'Export code coverage data', subtitle: 'The Coverage tab now supports exporting coverage data as JSON.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/01/devtools#coverage', }, { title: 'Navigate the Console with the keyboard', subtitle: 'Press Shift+Tab to focus the last message and then use the arrow keys to navigate.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/01/devtools#keyboard', }, { title: 'Save custom location overrides', subtitle: 'Click Manage in the Sensors tab or open Settings > Locations.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/01/devtools#geolocation', }, { title: 'Code folding', subtitle: 'Go to Settings > Preferences > Sources and enable Code Folding to fold ' + 'code in the Sources panel.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/01/devtools#folding', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2019/01/devtools', }, { version: 14, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 72 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Visualize performance metrics', subtitle: 'Performance metrics like DOMContentLoaded and First Meaningful Paint are now marked in the Timings section of the Performance panel.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/devtools#metrics', }, { title: 'Highlight text nodes', subtitle: 'Hover over a text node in the DOM Tree to highlight it in the viewport.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/devtools#highlight', }, { title: 'Copy JS path', subtitle: 'Right-click a DOM node and select “Copy” > “Copy JS path” to quickly get a JavaScript expression that points to that node.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/devtools#copy', }, { title: 'Audits panel updates', subtitle: 'A new audit that lists detected JS libraries and new keywords for accessing the Audits panel from the Command Menu.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/devtools#audits', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/11/devtools', }, { version: 13, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 71 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Hover over a Live Expression to highlight a DOM node', subtitle: 'Hover over a result that evaluates to a node to highlight that node in the viewport.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/10/devtools#hover', }, { title: 'Store DOM nodes as global variables', subtitle: 'Right-click a node in the Elements panel or Console and select “Store as global variable”.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/10/devtools#store', }, { title: 'Initiator and priority information now in HAR imports and exports', subtitle: 'Get more context around what caused a resource to be requested and what priority the browser assigned to each resource when sharing network logs.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/10/devtools#HAR', }, { title: 'Access the Command Menu from the Main Menu', subtitle: 'Open the Main Menu and select “Run command”.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/10/devtools#command-menu', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/10/devtools', }, { version: 12, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 70 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Live Expressions in the Console', subtitle: 'Pin expressions to the top of the Console to monitor their values in real-time.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/devtools#watch', }, { title: 'Highlight DOM nodes during Eager Evaluation', subtitle: 'Type an expression that evaluates to a node to highlight that node in the viewport.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/devtools#nodes', }, { title: 'Autocomplete Conditional Breakpoints', subtitle: 'Type expressions quickly and accurately.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/devtools#autocomplete', }, { title: 'Performance panel optimizations', subtitle: 'Faster loading and processing of Performance recordings.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/devtools#performance', }, { title: 'More reliable debugging', subtitle: 'Bug fixes for sourcemaps and blackboxing.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/devtools#debugging', }, { title: 'Debug Node.js apps with ndb', subtitle: 'Detect and attach to child processes, place breakpoints before modules are required, edit files within DevTools, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/devtools#ndb', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/08/devtools', }, { version: 11, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 68 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Eager evaluation', subtitle: 'Preview return values in the Console without explicitly executing expressions.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/devtools#eagerevaluation', }, { title: 'Argument hints', subtitle: 'View a function’s expected arguments in the Console.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/devtools#hints', }, { title: 'Function autocompletion', subtitle: 'View available properties and methods after calling a function in the Console.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/devtools#autocomplete', }, { title: 'Audits panel updates', subtitle: 'Faster, more consisent audits, a new UI, and new audits, thanks to Lighthouse 3.0.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/devtools#lh3', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/05/devtools', }, { version: 10, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 67 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Search across all network headers', subtitle: `Press ${networkSearchShortcut} in the Network panel to open the Network Search pane.`, link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools#network-search', }, { title: 'CSS variable value previews in the Styles pane', subtitle: 'When a property value is a CSS variable, DevTools now shows a color preview next to the variable.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools#vars', }, { title: 'Stop infinite loops', subtitle: 'Pause JavaScript execution then select the new Stop Current JavaScript Call button.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools#stop', }, { title: 'Copy as fetch', subtitle: 'Right-click a network request then select Copy > Copy as fetch.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools#fetch', }, { title: 'More audits', subtitle: 'Two new audits, desktop configuration options, and viewing traces.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools#audits', }, { title: 'User Timing in the Performance tabs', subtitle: 'Click the User Timing section to view measures in the Summary, Bottom-Up, and Call Tree tabs.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools#tabs', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/04/devtools', }, { version: 9, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 66 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Pretty-printing in the Preview and Response tabs', subtitle: 'The Preview tab now pretty-prints by default, and you can force ' + 'pretty-printing in the Response tab via the new Format button.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/02/devtools#pretty-printing', }, { title: 'Previewing HTML content in the Preview tab', subtitle: 'The Preview tab now always does a basic rendering of HTML content.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/02/devtools#previews', }, { title: 'Local Overrides with styles defined in HTML', subtitle: 'Local Overrides now works with styles defined in HTML, with one exception.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/02/devtools#overrides', }, { title: 'Blackboxing in the Initiator column', subtitle: 'Hide framework scripts in order to see the app code that caused a request.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/02/devtools#blackboxing', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/02/devtools', }, { version: 8, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 65 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Local overrides', subtitle: 'Override network requests and serve local resources instead.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/devtools#overrides', }, { title: 'Changes tab', subtitle: 'Track changes that you make locally in DevTools via the Changes tab.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/devtools#changes', }, { title: 'New accessibility tools', subtitle: 'Inspect the accessibility properties and contrast ratio of elements.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/devtools#a11y', }, { title: 'New audits', subtitle: 'New performance audits, a whole new category of SEO audits, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/devtools#audits', }, { title: 'Code stepping updates', subtitle: 'Reliably step into web worker and asynchronous code.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/devtools#stepping', }, { title: 'Multiple recordings in the Performance panel', subtitle: 'Temporarily save up to 5 recordings.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/devtools#recordings', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2018/01/devtools', }, { version: 7, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 64 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Performance monitor', subtitle: 'Get a real-time view of various performance metrics.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/11/devtools-release-notes#perf-monitor', }, { title: 'Console sidebar', subtitle: 'Reduce console noise and focus on the messages that are important to you.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/11/devtools-release-notes#console-sidebar', }, { title: 'Group similar console messages', subtitle: 'The Console now groups similar messages by default.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/11/devtools-release-notes#group-similar', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/11/devtools-release-notes', }, { version: 6, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 63 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Multi-client remote debugging', subtitle: 'Use DevTools while debugging your app from an IDE or testing framework.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/10/devtools-release-notes#multi-client', }, { title: 'Workspaces 2.0', subtitle: 'Save changes made in DevTools to disk, now with more helpful UI and better auto-mapping.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/10/devtools-release-notes#workspaces', }, { title: 'Four new audits', subtitle: 'Including “Appropriate aspect ratios for images”, “Avoid JS libraries with known vulnerabilities”, and more.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/10/devtools-release-notes#audits', }, { title: 'Custom push notifications', subtitle: 'Simulate push notifications with custom data.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/10/devtools-release-notes#push', }, { title: 'Custom background sync events', subtitle: 'Trigger background sync events with custom tags.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/10/devtools-release-notes#sync', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/10/devtools-release-notes', }, { version: 5, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 62 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Top-level await operators in the Console', subtitle: 'Use await to conveniently experiment with asynchronous functions in the Console.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes#await', }, { title: 'New screenshot workflows', subtitle: 'Take screenshots of a portion of the viewport, or of specific HTML nodes.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes#screenshots', }, { title: 'CSS Grid highlighting', subtitle: 'Hover over an element to see the CSS Grid that’s affecting it.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes#css-grid-highlighting', }, { title: 'A new Console API for querying objects', subtitle: 'Call `queryObjects(Constructor)` to get an array of objects instantiated with that constructor.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes#query-objects', }, { title: 'New Console filters', subtitle: 'Filter out logging noise with the new negative and URL filters.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes#console-filters', }, { title: 'HAR imports in the Network panel', subtitle: 'Drag-and-drop a HAR file to analyze a previous network recording.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes#har-imports', }, { title: 'Previewable cache resources in the Application panel', subtitle: 'Click a row in a Cache Storage table to see a preview of that resource.', link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes#cache-preview', }, ], link: 'https://developers.google.com/web/updates/2017/08/devtools-release-notes', }, { version: 4, header: 'Highlights from the Chrome 61 update', highlights: [ { title: 'Mobile device throttling', subti