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Is there any way to remove "Inspect Element" from chrome's right click context menu?
I've tried googling this, but I get a lot of Firefox results and a lot of people looking to do other things with "Inspect Element".
I just want it gone from the right click menu because I've been using Firebug for a while, I'm happy with it, and I hate accidentally clicking the wrong Inspect option.
I've written a lengthy explanation of how to clean up a messy context menu, using either the registry editor:
If you want to clean things up the truly geeky way, you can open up regedit.exe through the start menu search or run box, and then browse down to one of the following keys…
Most of the menu items that used for all files and folders can be found by looking at one of these keys:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shell HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AllFileSystemObjects\ShellExItems that are specific to folders can usually be found in one of these keys instead:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shell HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\shellex\ContextMenuHandlers
You can read more at: How to Clean Up Your Messy Windows Context Menu
Or use some freeware NirSoft tools like ShellMenuView or ShellExView.
Revisited in Oct. 2019: Both add-ons seem to be gone now, using
devtools.inspector.enabled setting in about:config would be the best way to do this.
Revisited in Nov. 26 2014: Menu Editor seems to be deprecated. Menu Wizard looks like a good alternative.
Yes!
3. Drag the Firebug inspect option up to where you would like it
4. ???
5. Profit!
Best Answer
Download Chromium
Search the whole code base for
spect element.Check out the references to this string, make sure they don't add it to a menu.
Compile your version of Chromium, this will make a version without that menu entry.
Or, if you don't want to go through this for a small change; you'll grow out of the habit over time instead.
Personally, I learned to use that instead as Firebug Lite is quite lacking and I won't go to bloated Firefox.
Lacking as in "access restrictions", bloated as in "Extensive testing shows that Firefox is noticeably slower, both on a clean profile.".