Non-standard: This feature is not standardized. We do not recommend using non-standard features in production, as they have limited browser support, and may change or be removed. However, they can be a suitable alternative in specific cases where no standard option exists.
The Window.dump() method logs messages to the browser's standard output (stdout). If the browser was started from a terminal, output sent to dump() will appear in the terminal.
Output from dump() is not sent to the browser's developer tools console. To log to the developer tools console, use console.log().
dump(message)
messageA string containing the message to log.
None (undefined).
This feature is not part of any specification.
| Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | Edge | Firefox | Opera | Safari | Chrome Android | Firefox for Android | Opera Android | Safari on IOS | Samsung Internet | WebView Android | WebView on iOS | |
dump |
No | No |
1.5By default, this method exists and can be called, but does nothing unless enabled in the browser's preferences. |
No | No | No | 4This method exists but has no effect. |
No | No | No | No | No |
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window/dump