devtools

Enables extensions to interact with the browser's Developer Tools. You can use this API to create Developer Tools pages, interact with the window that is being inspected, inspect the page network usage.

To use this API you need to have the "devtools" API permission specified in your manifest.json file. This permission can not be optional.

Interfaces

devtools.inspectedWindow

Interact with the window that Developer tools are attached to (inspected window). This includes obtaining the tab ID for the inspected page, evaluate the code in the context of the inspected window, reload the page, or obtain the list of resources within the page.

devtools.network

Obtain information about network requests associated with the window that the Developer Tools are attached to (the inspected window).

devtools.panels

Create User Interface panels that will be displayed inside User Agent Developer Tools.

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet