Freeze DOM

Freeze the DOM instantly

Extension stats

Users: 839 ▲ 10
Rating: 3.80 (10)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2024-06-19)
Creation date: 2023-08-31
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Very low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 3
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
  • scripting
  • activeTab
Size: 38.47K
URLs: Website

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Extension summary

How to use:

  • Step 0: Open DevTools Panel (F12 or Right Click -> select 'Inspect')
  • Step 1: Right Click -> select 'Freeze DOM' or Press Cmd + Shift + Y (on Mac) / Cmd + Shift + Y (on Window, Ubuntu)

Source code for those who's curious: https://github.com/coolcorexix/freedom-on-demand

Right click on tab content and choose "Freeze DOM" (while devtool panel is open) to freeze the state of website on demand.

With a frozen DOM, you can:

  • Inspect an UI part that only available while hovered / focused (for example: keeping the auto complete dropdown of a text input visible)
  • Take a snapshot of an in-progress state (for example: loading state)

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User reviews

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Pros
  • Works as intended
  • Useful for Angular applications
  • Simple and effective functionality
  • Positive user experience reported
Cons
  • New update requires suspicious permissions
  • Introduced a paywall for previously free features
  • Users feel it could be easily replicated with simple code
Most mentioned
  • Permissions request
  • Paywall introduction
  • Functionality effectiveness
Recent reviews
by marcelo ferreira, 2024-08-23

by Adib Graduan, 2024-07-19

Free version: https://github.com/gmcouto/free-freeze-dom
by Gabriel Couto, 2024-05-29
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Extension safety

Risk impact

Freeze DOM does not require any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

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