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What is the purpose for the icon, WebIDE or Web|DE, and what does it do?

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merrydayz replied 10 years ago
merrydayz
merrydayz

This icon just showed with my other icons beside my search bar. It's a circle covered in grid lines with a pencil or stylus image in its bottom left area.

I have no idea what it is or what happens if I click it. [Oops, I clicked it and Firefox quit responding - so I exited - still don't know what It is]

Please let me know about this if you can. Thank you, Merry

This icon just showed with my other icons beside my search bar. It's a circle covered in grid lines with a pencil or stylus image in its bottom left area. I have no idea what it is or what happens if I click it. [Oops, I clicked it and Firefox quit responding - so I exited - still don't know what It is] Please let me know about this if you can. Thank you, Merry

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Gert Van Waelvelde
Gert Van Waelvelde

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Hello,

WebIDE is a tool for developers to test and build websites, it's not intended for regular users. If you want to remove the icon from your toolbar, you can just right-click on it and choose "Remove from Toolbar".

cor-el
cor-el
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You can set devtools.webide.enabled to false on the about:config page.

You can open the about:config page via the location/address bar. You can accept the warning and click "I'll be careful" to continue.

merrydayz
merrydayz Question owner

Hi cor-el,

Thank you for helping me understand WebIDE. Your reply was very helpful and your time much appreciated. Merry

Modified by merrydayz

merrydayz
merrydayz Question owner

Hi Gert,

Thank you for taking the time to help me understand WebIDE. Your reply was very helpful.

Merry