Chrome DevTools: Use the Command Menu to access everything in DevTools

Last updated: March 22, 2016
Use the Command Menu to access everything in DevTools

Use Cmd + Shift + p in DevTools to open up the command menu (also known as the Command Palette). You can use the arrow keys or the mouse to make a selection in the menu. The menu consists of commonly used DevTools functions.

Here's an example of some available commands:

  • DevTools: Dock to right
  • DevTools: Restore last dock position
  • DevTools: Search all files
  • Elements: Disable DOM word wrap
  • Elements: Set color format to HEX
  • Elements: Set color format to HSL
  • Elements: Set color format to RGB
  • Mobile: Inspect devices…
  • Mobile: Toggle device toolbar
  • Navigation: Clear cache & hard reload page
  • Navigation: Hard reload page
  • Navigation: Reload page
  • Network: Color code by resource type
  • Network: Disable cache (while DevTools is open)
  • Settings: Help
  • Settings: Settings
  • Settings: Shortcuts
  • Sources: Do not show whitespace characters
  • Sources: Set indentation to 2 spaces
  • Sources: Set indentation to 8 spaces
  • Sources: Set indentation to tab character
  • Sources: Show all whitespace characters
  • Sources: Show trailing whitespace characters

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