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Can I move web developer tools out of the sub-menu and back into 'tools'?

Crewman06
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I'm sure there are many who like this new sub menu for web developer, but for me it's a waste of time. Is there an option to allow me to move the contents of "Tools->Web developer" back into tools? It would save me time and, I might actually start liking a firefox vision other than 3.6.. Thanks

I'm sure there are many who like this new sub menu for web developer, but for me it's a waste of time. Is there an option to allow me to move the contents of "Tools->Web developer" back into tools? It would save me time and, I might actually start liking a firefox vision other than 3.6.. Thanks

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cor-el
cor-el
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Maybe activate the toolbar to have easy access to some developer tools.

Note that most Web Developer tools have a keyboard shortcut that you can use to open them more quickly (no mouse movement required).

Maybe this extension helps:

Crewman06
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cor-el: Your canned reply does not answer my question in the basic sense.

I did not ask how to activate a toolbar, or if there are shortcuts I can use. What I asked is: "Can I move everything in the 'Web Developer' sub-menu to the parent menu of 'Tools'?" How hard is it to understand that?

Now you did try to solve the problem by suggesting the menu editor, so I'll give you that. However, the extension suggested does not allow for the kind of change to the menu structure that I'm looking for.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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Hi Crewman06, you wrote:

the extension suggested does not allow for the kind of change to the menu structure that I'm looking for.

The extension's UI doesn't let you dive into submenus, but you can "hack" the extension's RDF data file. For example, to move the Web Console to the bottom of the Tools menu, you can insert a new <NC> item for it, e.g., as the first <NC> item in the file menuedit.rdf: 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<RDF:RDF xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
        xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
  <NC:Menuitem RDF:about="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#webConsole"
                  NC:Visibility="visible"
                  NC:Name="Web Console" />

Then you can edit the listing in the file for the Tools menu by adding it to the bottom: 

  <RDF:Seq RDF:about="NC:menu_ToolsPopup">
     {lines omitted}
    <RDF:li RDF:resource="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#webConsole"/>
  </RDF:Seq>

That's a pain, but at least it's an option if you want to use it.

For reference, here are some of the others -- the id and name you will need to create the NC entries: 

#menu_devToolbar = Developer Toolbar
#menu_pageinspect =  Inspect
#menu_responsiveUI = Responsive Design View
#menu_debugger = Debugger
#menu_remoteDebugger = Remote Debugger
#menu_ChromeDebugger = Browser Debugger
#menu_scratchpad = Scratchpad
#menu_styleeditor = Style Editor
#menu_pageSource = Page Source
#javascriptConsole = Error Console