[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 40617] New: Inspect Element keyboard shortcut

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=40617

           Summary: Inspect Element keyboard shortcut
           Product: WebKit
           Version: 528+ (Nightly build)
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: All
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: Enhancement
          Priority: P2
         Component: Web Inspector
        AssignedTo: webkit-unassigned at lists.webkit.org
        ReportedBy: ben at neutroncreations.com


Although you can launch Web Inspector with option+cmd+i, there is no shortcut for Inspect Element. 

Using Firebug in Firefox, you can define a shortcut for the equivalent function of inspect element, which makes the process of inspecting an element's markup a simple case of hitting the shortcut then mousing over the element you wish to inspect. If Firebug is not already running, the shortcut for inspect element will open it, and then enter the inspect mode in one operation.

In Webkit, you first have to open Web Inspector with option+cmd+i, then click on the inspect element icon in the Elements panel. 

This may seem like a trivial thing, but as a front-end engineer I find myself inspecting elements on sites I browse many times a day, and the extra step in getting into inspect element mode is a real usability killer and one of the only things that is stopping me switching from Firebug to Web Inspector as my preferred working environment.

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