Access Inspector on MacOS?

[gismofx]

I'm using webview sharp on MacOS 10.15.

I have a strange rendering issue that does not appear on windows and mac when same markup html is used directly via web. (Chrome, Safari, Edge) Also, no issues using webview sharp on windows.

I can't seem to access the inspector to debug visual issues(HTML, CSS, etc). When right-clicking in the view, only "Back" and "Refresh" are my options. Is it possible to access or enable inspector?

@geaz

[geaz]

If you are using edge, the developer tools are available by pressing F12. Is this working for you on mac?

[gismofx]

@geaz Edge on Mac? Should I install? Any settings in my code? Download this? (Pressing F12 just increases my speaker volume :) )

Yes, on Windows it's working with Edge and I can access Inspector.

[geaz]

Forget about edge on Mac, I was a bit "confused" :D
On Mac webview is using "cocoa webview". Webview is activating the developer tools in theory.

developerExtrasEnabled

But to be honest, I really don't know how the tools are useable on Mac. Maybe anyone with a Mac can help here?

[gamelaster]

@geaz can be accessed via Safari as far as I know.

[gismofx]

I can open inspector in Safari, but it's tied that instance. Can that somehow hook into my webview? Unfortunately I'm not a Mac expert either

@geaz can developerExtrasEnabled be turned on from webview sharp?

[gismofx]

I came across these two links:
https://github.com/herrbischoff/awesome-macos-command-line

and this
https://developer.apple.com/forums/thread/4326#:~:text=with%20the%20bundle%20identifier%20of,contextual%20menus%20in%20your%20app.

Using lsappinfo in mac terminal yields this

25) "dotnet" ASN:0x0-0x2c02c: 
    bundleID=[ NULL ] 
    bundle path="/usr/local/share/dotnet/dotnet"
    executable path="/usr/local/share/dotnet/dotnet"
    pid = 549 type="Foreground" flavor=3 Version=[ NULL ]  fileType="????" creator="????" Arch=x86_64 
    parentASN="Terminal" ASN:0x0-0x20020:  (inferred)
    checkin time = 16 seconds ago, 2021/01/29 21:48:20 ( 15.9907 seconds ago )

26) "dotnet Networking" ASN:0x0-0x2d02d: 
    bundleID="com.apple.WebKit.Networking"
    bundle path="/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc"
    executable path="/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.Networking.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.Networking"
    pid = 551 !cgsConnection !signalled type="UIElement" flavor=[ NULL ]  Version="15609.4.1" fileType="XPC!" creator="????" Arch=x86_64 
    checkin time = 16 seconds ago, 2021/01/29 21:48:21 ( 15.7978 seconds ago )

27) "dotnet Web Content" ASN:0x0-0x2e02e: 
    bundleID="com.apple.WebKit.WebContent"
    bundle path="/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc"
    executable path="/System/Library/Frameworks/WebKit.framework/Versions/A/XPCServices/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent.xpc/Contents/MacOS/com.apple.WebKit.WebContent"
    pid = 550 !cgsConnection !signalled type="UIElement" flavor=2 Version="15609.4.1" fileType="XPC!" creator="????" Arch=x86_64 sandboxed 

trying to enable inspector with the two found bundle ids did not work

[gismofx]

Resolved.

Digging a little into this code developerExtrasEnabled is enabled when webview is passed a debug parameter = true. @geaz provides that parameter too :).

var webview = new Webview(debug: true)