Is it possible to save changes to Firebug locally?

Question

I am trying to save changes made to CSS and HTML on different sites using Firebug.

Just to be clear, I don't expect Firebug to upload changes to the server via FTP or something else. I just want to save the changes locally, so that only I can see them.

For example, I saw several Firefox / Chrome extensions that add a download button under each video on Youtube, so I know it can be done somehow.

If you have another way to achieve what I'm trying to do, I will be happy to hear about it.

(This should not be with Firebug.)

Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

You can try using Greasemonkey .

It supports the addition of custom scripts that run whenever you load a page (associated with the pages onto which it should be loaded), and which can dynamically change changes to the page.

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/greasemonkey/

Answer 2

If you don't mind using the web developer toolbar , it's easy to save changes made to the DOM (and CSS).

When you install the toolbar, you will get the "View Source" menu, click on it and select "View Generated Source". Then just copy and paste this into the .html file.

You did not say if you change your HTML or CSS, if CSS, FireFile is a very good add-on for this.

Change, with some Googling, I found FireDiff , which says that it can export the changes made to Firebug, I haven’t tested it a bit, it’s worth checking.

Answer 3

The toolbar http://chrispederick.com/work/web-developer/ will allow you to add a user style sheet to a site that should achieve your goals.

Answer 4

This may or may not be exactly what you are asking for, but you can download the FireDiff extension to save the changes made using FireBug. I did a little tutorial on how to do it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4OmZLX2zd4

Answer 5

I have a few simlar use cases, which I decided differently. I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for or not. I will describe the behavior, and if it is useful, I will explain exactly how I implemented it.

I changed the code that runs when you press Run (or Ctrl + Enter) to check if the first line of code is a gated line //LoadFromFile:<file path> . If so, and the file exists, I pull the file out of the local file system and run it instead of executing the code in the console window. That way I can use an external text editor to write code.