How to use the Developer Tools in IE 7?

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could any one tell me how to use the Developer Tools in IE 7?I am using the .Net programming language .Wanna to debug the javascript and jquery.

Does IE7 have the developer tools feature? I thought that only came in with IE8? (I don't have IE7 to check though, so I may be wrong) — Spudley, Jan 19 '11 at 10:12
You can install the plugin both in IE7 and IE6. It's more or less the same of IE8 (very bad IMO) — stecb, Jan 19 '11 at 10:19

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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Add

debugger;

to the script where you want to debug. It will also prompt the Visual Studio to handle from there if it is installed

example

<script type="text/javascript">
debugger;
alert("Hello World");
</script>

For debugging script in IE8 developer tool bar
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd565628(VS.85).aspx#dbugjscript
For IE7 sepecif JavaScript debugging you can also refer to this answer Debugging JavaScript in IE7

edited May 23 '17 at 11:52

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answered Jan 19 '11 at 07:14

don't you also have to turn off "disable script debugging" in IE options? – AndreasKnudsen Jan 19 '11 at 07:18
I tried the above code.But i want to know the usage of Developer Tools in IE 8. – Hemant Kumar Jan 19 '11 at 08:25
You need to put the debug point and on script tab say start debugging – Jan 19 '11 at 10:06

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 19 '11 at 07:19

When debugging within the browser, it really doesn't matter what kind of server-side language or frameworks you are using (java, .net, php, whatever) all you are really debugging is the javascript on the pages, and javascript is javascript no matter where it came from.

IMO you are MUCH better off if you use chrome's developer mode (activate by right clicking and choosing inspect for instance) or the firefox-plugin called firebug for debugging javascript, but sometimes you get bugs which are only present on IE, in which case you need to check them out using tools for IE,

AFAIK there is no built-in tool for IE7, but here are some tools which work with IE7 to make debugging easier: http://www.ehow.com/list_7148039_developer-tools-ie7.html

Then you should probably rename the question as it says IE7 now ;-) — AndreasKnudsen, Jan 19 '11 at 10:18

stecb · Answer 3 · 2011-01-19T10:20:22.817

If you want to debug your JS code using IE(x) native developer tools you first have to (as sreddhar said) put a "debugger" inside of it.

Then, you obv have to open the dev tools (F12), and under the tab "Script" just press "Start Debugging". It refreshes your page and whenever it finds "debugger" inside your code it stops in that particular point, then you can decide to put some breakpoints, view the call stack, watch and evaluate variables and so on...

How to use the Developer Tools in IE 7?

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