[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 30282] New: Web Inspector: Add console only layout mode

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30282

           Summary: Web Inspector: Add console only layout mode
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: paul.bakaus at gmail.com
                CC: rik at webkit.org, timothy at hatcher.name,
                    aroben at apple.com, joepeck at webkit.org


Due to Firebug's different layout, it is possible to collapse all other tabs
but the console. For JavaScript engineers, the console is the most often used
feature of the Web Inspector, and I'd like to propose to find a way to show it
exclusively.

Why? It dramatically improves working with the Web Inspector on smaller screens
(read: any resolution smaller than 1920x1080), since a lot of the vertical real
screen estate is lost, and for many, opening the Inspector in a seperate window
isn't a real solution because we'd like to have the console information sticky
with the current website in one visual place.

I therefore propose to implement one or many of the following way to display
the console independently:

1) Make Inspector and Console entirely independent layout wise, so each can be
disabled and enabled within the Developer menu
2) Implement a "console only" button somewhere
3) Make the current console button a three-way toggler to either enable,
disable or exclusively show the console

My personal vote goes to 1 and 3, but I'd be very hapyp (and many others too!)
with any of the solutions.

Thanks!

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