What can cause a persistent "Reload the page to get source for" error in firebug?

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ripper234 picture ripper234 · Dec 13, 2011 · Viewed 44.8k times · Source

I'm trying to debug the javascript of a specific page, and I keep seeing

Reload the page to get source for page.htm in Firebug.

On Chrome, I'm mostly able to debug the js, but sometimes I also get a blank page. What can cause such issues?

I believe I always see a blank page in Chrome if I reload while the JS console is open. If I open a new Chrome tab, load the page, and then open the JS console, everything is ok.

The page I'm debugging is on a localhost server (Play Framework server), although I have seen this on other pages occasionally. This only happens with inline javascript ... js that is linked from the page is displayed fine.

Answer

Adil Malik picture Adil Malik · Jun 28, 2012

With firebug icon, you'll see a dropdown arrow. Click that arrow to open up the drop down menu.

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Click Clear Activation List.

Refresh the page now.

Now under script tab you'd see the Reload link. Click that to reload the page again. This time when the page reloads, you'd see the script.

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