CSSViewer

A simple CSS property viewer.

CSSViewer: A Simple CSS Property Viewer Chrome Extension

CSSViewer is a Chrome extension originally developed as a Firefox add-on by Nicolas Huon. This simple CSS property viewer allows users to easily inspect any element of a webpage. To use CSSViewer, click the toolbar icon and then hover over any element you want to inspect in the current page. The extension is open source with its code available on GitHub. For its proper functioning, CSSViewer requires permission to access your history and website data, but ensures privacy by not collecting or transmitting any personal data.

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Extension stats

By: M.ed

Users: 200,000+

Rating: 4.40

(371)

Version: 1.7 (Last updated: 2017-03-26)

Creation date: 2017-03-26

Risk impact: High risk impact

Risk likelihood:

Very low risk likelihood

Manifest version: 2

Permissions:

tabs
http://*/*
https://*/*
file://*/*
contextMenus

Size: 308.22K

Ranking

# 1,560 ▼ 52

Other rankings

#595 in Developer Tools ▼ 1

#57 in property keyword 17 ▼ 1

#57 in source code keyword 26 ▲

#57 in viewer keyword 70 ▼ 15

#143 in style keyword 23 ▲ 3

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Other platforms

Not available on Android

CSSViewer (v1.2resigned1)

4.48

(21) 4,678+

Not available on Edge

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Extension summary

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CSSViewer is a simple CSS properties viewer originally made by Nicolas Huon as a FireFox add-on (2006-2008).

How to use : To enable CSSViewer, simply click the toolbar icon and then hover any element on you want to inspect in current page.

Open source inside: Source code can be found on GitHub at https://github.com/miled/cssviewer

Privacy : In order to work properly, CSSViewer requires the permission to access to your history and website data. However, CSSViewer do not collect nor will ever transmit any of your private data.

Known issues :

CSSViewer will not work in any opened tabs before installing it nor in the Google chrome store (This is how Google roll :)
The style may broke sometimes depending on the site you are surfing.
Patches are welcome.

User reviews

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Pros

Super helpful and useful tool for CSS viewing.
Many users find it to be a great tool for their needs.

Cons

No longer available or supported, with many users mentioning it will be removed soon.
Users recommend alternatives like SuperDev Pro, which is considered more powerful.

Most mentioned

The extension is no longer available or supported.
Users suggest switching to SuperDev Pro for better functionality.
Some users experienced issues with the popup size or positioning.

User reviews

Nice extension. Super helpful. Unfortunately it will be removed due to not following best practices.

Amir Equbal, 2024-11-20

No longer available, can't install.

Khalid Nizami, 2024-11-19

It's a useful plugin but unfortunately it will be removed soon. I found another very useful CSSViewer plugin which is super advance, leaving the link below for your reference. https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/cssviewer/plnialnlnbaodbmoedcppffmgfmmghbj?hl