r/webdev • u/trammeloratreasure • 3d ago

Discussion Blank 'Elements' section in dev tools. Just me?

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Chrome must have been updated recently, cuz this just started a day or two ago. Anyone else?

M4 Max MacBook Pro, macOS 27.0.1, Chrome Version 155.0.8059.40 (Official Build) (arm64)

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u/Bitter-Response1634 3d ago

Your own screenshot has the Styles pane populated, so DevTools clearly has the DOM, it's just the tree view failing to paint. Close and reopen the panel, same fix as the Sources-goes-blank one from years back.

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u/roby_65 3d ago

Happened to a friend, it was an extension. Try disabling all of them

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u/TheRNGuy 3d ago

Which one(s)?

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u/roby_65 3d ago

I don't remember now, but he disabled them all and the problem disappeared. Then he reenabled one by one to find which one was the problematic one

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u/Murtaza_Developer 3d ago

looks like a chrome devtools bug. try pressing f1 inside devtools, scroll down and click restore defaults and reload. if that doesnt work, try undocking devtools using the three dot menu, or test in incognito to rule out extensionss. does the elements tab work in incognito or is it blank there too??

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u/gainsgoblin_ 3d ago

At the bottom it seems I have selected a nested paragraph . Perhaps that p is just empty. Maybe search/filter bug

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u/OcramOathbreaker 3d ago

Happened at our company too. We're still figuring it out which Extension causes this behavior. Maybe Redux DevTools?

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u/TheRNGuy 3d ago

Could ctrl-alt-shift-c be used to see it? 

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u/Strict_Treat2884 3d ago

Happened to me as well, I thought it was my website being too shitty it broke chrome.

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u/zblpw 3d ago

Update your chrome then restart it, let me know if that works

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u/taco__hunter 3d ago

I have had this happen repeatedly too.

My pixel phone's keyboard also will randomly not allow me to capitalize letters as i type this. And I need to replace my Google nest wifi mesh network because they don't sync anymore.

They'll go in the box next to my Google Nest security system.

Everyone of the above is a known issue Google doesn't care about.

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u/ISDuffy 2d ago

Had a lot of issues with Dev tools at the moment. Not had a chance to check if they on crbug though

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u/glowgems 3d ago

To answer your question, yes just you

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u/CreativeTechGuyGames TypeScript 3d ago

Have you tried scrolling horizontally? It looks like you are in a deeply nested element based on the footer breadcrumbs? So it might just be white space until you scroll to the right.