[Nottingham] How to capture text from a Javascript generated web browser panel display?

[Martin]

On 16/02/15 19:04, Martin wrote:
> On 16/02/15 18:46, Paul Sladen wrote:
>> On Mon, 16 Feb 2015, Martin wrote:
>>> And I'm finally there except the "....." operators have done a
>>> cut'n'paste into their ticket system that then displays the data in a
>>> javascript web panel.
>>
>>   Step 2. Right-Click->Inspect element with Firebug.
>>
>> 	-Paul
>>
>>
>> Step 1.: Install Firebug.  ;-)
> 
> Step 1 done, easy.
> 
> Step 2: And all you get is the code but no useful displayed content.
> 
> 
> However... With Firebug installed, a right-click now offers such as
> "save as" and although "web page complete" only saves the .js and css
> files (still no content), using "save as txt" at least pulls out all the
> ticket text :-)
> 
> 
> What a way!
> 
> Thanks for the work-around hints,


Or thanks for prompting for trying a few extra clicks...

Rechecking but with Firebug disabled: A right click with the element
highlighted still shows the Firefox browser option "save as" available.

Hence the trick is to save as txt rather than as html or 'complete'.


Still, good to know about Firebug!

Thanks,
Martin




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