IE 8 Developer Tools not working In Windows?

Question

I am using Internet Explorer 8, not by choice. I need to debug a script in it. However, no matter how many times I click the Developer Tools Icon, under Tools or click F12 it wi

Answer 1

I do the follow...

CLick with the right button on the TaskBar inside de IE 8 Developer Tools, them select move.

Then try to move with the mouse or move by arrows

Answer 2

Tip worked unexpectedly well! I have dual monitors on my Windows XP Pro machine, and was experimenting with a third when it happened. I also remote into the computer using LogMeIn (not sure if it would cause a problem).

Alt + Space, then closed the program, and it restarted it in the default frame under the IE page with F12. Guess the developer of the toolbar missed out on it, although is IE 8 still in Beta? Otherwise, it isn't a bad debugger, though firebug works better for me in most instances.

Answer 3

In my case, Developer Tools was disabled entirely in the registry.

The "Disabled" key in "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\IEDevTools" was set to 1. I had to change it to 0.

Answer 4

I had this problem and found a solution:- I use two monitors, and every time I opened IE8 Dev tools, the dev tool window would either be maximised to full screen or minimised to the task bar (irritating to say the least). The other problem was that when maximised, the window was locked into the full screen mode and could not be dragged to a more convenienet size & position. so it was all or nothing !

To get round this I "stumbled upon" a fix that now allows me to open the Dev Tools window as it should be (a seperate window that can still be positioned & sized how I want it)....

Press ctrl+p (PIN) to attach the dev Tools window to the bottom of the actual browser window. At this stage move your browser window into your main monitor if its not already there. Then un-pin it. For me the Dev tools window then started to behave properly and consistently.

Why the hell MS hasnt released an update for this yet is beyond me. Any way hope this helps any of you.

Answer 5

I had the same problem as described. The problem seemed to be that the IE 8 Developer Toolbar window had a zero size. Futhermore, I could see the IE 8 Dev Toolbar when I used Tab + Windows key and it was listed below the other windows as though it was off screen also.

The way I solved this was to right click on the IE 8 Dev Toolbar in the taskbar and select Maximise. From there I could see the Dev Toolbar fullscreen (though this is not very helpful as I wanted to select elements on my webpage by click). I then clicked on Pin (or you can press ctrl + p). From there you should be able to Unpin the Dev Toolbar and resize it and use as normal.

Answer 6

Make sure the Developer Tools is running. Launch the Windows Task Manager. Under 'Applications' right-click on 'Developer Tools', select 'Maximize'. Presto!
Problem solved with little perspiration.