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Comment by suhail | Hacker News Reader

Does this work on Google Chrome?

You can attach it to Chrome: https://imgur.com/n8Mf7J3

You can't do much more than changing the theme though, as Chrome window is managed mostly by its own rendering engine.

  broadwayd :5
  GTK_DEBUG=interactive GDK_BACKEND=broadway BROADWAY_DISPLAY=:5 gnome-calculator

Then go to http://127.0.0.1:8085 to see the inspector. Sadly, the calculator itself won't be visible (it would have been without the debugger).

You cannot make Chrome render in Chrome this way, though, as it complains about lack of X display available.

Google Chrome already has integrated developer tools inspired by Firebug, and has for years.

My guess is parent was asking if Parasite/gtk inspector can be used on the chrome application itself.

AFAIK they have nothing in common whatsoever.

I think he is talking about using it from Chrome which uses gtk and yes it is possible but as pzmarzly pointed out:

"You can attach it to Chrome: https://imgur.com/n8Mf7J3

You can't do much more than changing the theme though, as Chrome window is managed mostly by its own rendering engine."