This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since July 2015.
The console.dirxml() static method displays an interactive tree of the descendant elements of the specified XML/HTML element. If it is not possible to display as an element the JavaScript Object view is shown instead. The output is presented as a hierarchical listing of expandable nodes that let you see the contents of child nodes.
console.dirxml(object)
objectA JavaScript object whose properties should be output.
None (undefined).
| Specification |
|---|
| Console> # dirxml> |
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
dirxml_static |
2 | 12 | 39 | 11 | 4 | 18 | 39 | 11 | 3.2 | 1.0 | 4.4 | 3.2 |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/console/dirxml_static