How to make Google Chrome JavaScript console persistent?

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Zlatko picture Zlatko · Mar 16, 2011 · Viewed 90.8k times · Source

Since I'm building a dynamic site, I need to track the changes between pages, ie. Ajax calls, POST, GET stuff and similar stuff.

I'm looking for the same functionality like in Firebug (where you can enable "persistent" and the console is not cleared every time you reload a page or submit a form.

So, my questions is: is there a way to make Google Chrome JavaScript console persistent? (And if yes, how?)

Update: Copying the answer here, if anyone's still looking for this, Chrome 14+ has a setting in Developer Tools > Settings labelled "Console: Preserve log on navigation".

Update 2: the latest versions of Chrome (33+) have this option by right-clicking in the console.

Update 3 (late 2017): The latest versions of Chrome (60+) have this option by opening the console, clicking the gear in the top right corner and selecting "preserve log"

Answer

Nick Cox picture Nick Cox · Oct 5, 2011

If anyone's still looking for this, I'm on Chrome 15.0.874.58 beta-m and I have a checkbox in Developer Tools > Settings labelled "Console: Preserve log on navigation". Does the job nicely.

image of setting

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