I have a chrome extension which hooks into the devtools. Ideally I want a badge that, when clicked, opens up the devtools on the new tab which I created. Is there any way to do this from the background page?
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This is quite old but since I stumbled upon it now searching for a solution I figured others might have too. Since Chrome 28 you can use the devtools.* API. This allows you to open and manipulate DevTools panels. It is also notable no longer expirimental.
Perhaps, the extension could kick off a Selenium script and you could use the "send_keys()" function as something like this:
ActionChains(driver).key_down(Keys.CONTROL).key_down(Keys.SHIFT).\
send_keys('J').key_up(Keys.CONTROL).key_up(Keys.SHIFT).perform()
... as "Ctrl+Shift+J" is the default keybind to open dev-tools (as of Jul 08, 2021)
It's not impossible with side extension, but if the reason is that you've tired to click Ctrl + Shift + I again and again every time - you can simply open the right button menu on needed page and select "Inspect" from it, it'll open the console like extension button, and also you don't need to search for its icon every time you need it, which is more conviniently than using an extension.
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