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How do I turn off developer console

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When opening a new web page the developer console shows up on the bottom of the screen and the page is locked. I close the console and the page works just fine. It even happens on the Mozilla site. How do I turn the console off.

When opening a new web page the developer console shows up on the bottom of the screen and the page is locked. I close the console and the page works just fine. It even happens on the Mozilla site. How do I turn the console off.

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"Apart from the "Close" button, Shift+F2 or the "Developer Toolbar" menu item both toggle the toolbar off."

-https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/d.../GCLI

I have tried to reproduce it and cannot. Do you have a minimized window with the developer toolbar open? This would make it show up in a new window. Try closing Firefox and opening it back up.

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This does not help. The console opened up even as I was logging in to respond. Is their a way to disable this option entirely. below is a snap shot of what is up" " _.-~-.

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   _7 . ___  /VVvv-'_                                            .
  7/ / /~- \_\\      '-._     .-'                      /       //
 ./ ( /-~-/||'=.__  '::. '-~ {             ___   /  //     ./{

V   V-~-~| ||   ___   ':::.   ~-~.___.- _/  // / {_   /  {  /

 VV/-~-~-|/ \ .'__'. '.    '::                     _ _ _        .

 / /~~~~||VVV/ /  \ )  \        _ __ ___   ___ ___(_) | | __ _   .::'
/ (~-~-~\\.-' /    \'   \::::. | '_ ` _ \ / _ \_  / | | |/ _` | :::'

/..\ /..\__/ ' '::: | | | | | | (_) / /| | | | (_| | ::' vVVv vVVv ': |_| |_| |_|\___/___|_|_|_|\__,_|

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If you don't want to see this message next time, run this JS statement:

   Tabzilla.disableEasterEgg()

" tabzilla.js:614:21 This site makes use of a SHA-1 Certificate; it's recommended you use certificates with signature algorithms that use hash functions stronger than SHA-1.[Learn More] captainbob1 This site makes use of a SHA-1 Certificate; it's recommended you use certificates with signature algorithms that use hash functions stronger than SHA-1.[Learn More] 751907 This site makes use of a SHA-1 Certificate; it's recommended you use certificates with signature algorithms that use hash functions stronger than SHA-1.[Learn More]

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That looks like the Browser Console (Firefox/Tools > Web Developer; Ctrl+Shift+J)


This issue can be caused by an extension that isn't working properly.

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window