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Latest revision as of 14:11, 24 April 2016
View Source is a feature in many web browsers which displays the source code for a particular web page which the browser is displaying.
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Description
Select the View Source option (or "View Page Source", etc.) from the browser menu.
The browser will open a window containing the source code.
View Source features vary from browser to browser. Typical features include:
- Syntax highlighting
- Live links to external resources, including external style sheets and external JavaScript files
View Source does not change when the DOM changes
View Source shows the source code for the web web, exactly as it was received from the web server.
View Source does not change when the Document Object Model (DOM) changes.
The DOM typically does change, in a modern web page, in response to JavaScript.
Inspect Element
Use Inspect Element is a related tools which allows you to view and manipulate the DOM, among other features.
