So I’ve been doing Theme work on iPad (my main platform) and decided I needed to get a look at the DOM. So, knowing Devtools doesn’t work on mobile, I fired up Windows and opened my 2-year-old install (which has always worked without issues).
Ctrl-Shift+i. Nothing.
Things I have tried
I tried looking for “Devtools” in the command pallete. Tried using Restricted mode - closed and started Obsidian back up again. I even completely uninstalled the program - installed two years sgo - and reinstalled. Exact same problem.
No Shift+Ctrl+I (same if using Alt instead of Shift). And it’s mot even listed in the Command Pallette, which surely it should be even if it was a Hotkey issue (which again, disabled all plugins anyway)?
I’ve searched here and the web and everyone’s issue seems quickly resolved as a Hotkey issue, or worked after a Restricted mode and restart. So I seem to be in a minority of one, and I’m all out of ideas.
Help me Obi-Wan Kenobi…
Have you tried to download the last installer from: Download - Obsidian and install over ?
I mean if you’re still using a 2 years old installer and Obsidian auto-updated itself when you launched it, maybe the more recent app version might be issue-ish on an old installer
(There may be some more info here: Update Obsidian - Obsidian Help)
Electron has been updated a few times at least in the last 2 years …
FWiW: I don’t think there ever was a command in the command palette to open the Dev Tools … Generally, the method suggested to open them is using the hotkeys
Yeah I reinstalled with a brand new installer from the Obsidian site. No luck.
I think Windows might be hijacking the Ctrl+Shift+i combo.
Roger on not appearing in the Command Palette. Didn’t expect that. Surely there’s some other way of starting it up? Not even a way of changing the shortcut? Should F12 activate it - as it does in Chrome - because that didn’t work either?
Have you tried Ctrl+Shift +I in Chrome/Firefox/Safari/(whatever other browser it should work in) to confirm the assignment is outside of Obsidian?
Yeah, I tried this in Chrome. It did nothing - whereas F12 worked - which made me think it was a hijack in Windows. I closed everything down I could, and it still happened.
Turns out it was that garbage system tray software from AMD for my Radeon card. After closing about five AMD/Radeon processes it worked. So that’s good.
Still wish there was a way to activate DevTools from the command palette…
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… Generally, the method suggested to open them is using the hotkeys 