This page lists the ways you can customize Chrome DevTools.
Settings > Preferences contains many options for customizing DevTools.
See Open Settings and Preferences.
You can enable dark theme in Settings or the Command Menu.
Start typing dark
, select the Switch to dark theme command, and then press Enter to run the command.
Alternatively, set your theme in Settings > Preferences > Appearance > Themes.
DevTools can automatically match Chrome's color theme.
To set a theme:
To turn off dynamic theming, clear
Settings > Preferences > Appearance > Match Chrome color scheme and reload DevTools.The Drawer contains many hidden features.
Press Escape to open or close the Drawer.
Click
More Tools to open other Drawer tabs.By default, DevTools is docked to the right of your viewport. You can also dock to the bottom or left sides or undock DevTools into a separate window.
You can change the placement of DevTools in two ways:
Command Menu:
dock
and select one of the suggested options: dock to bottom, left, right, undock, or restore last dock position.To toggle Restore last dock position with a keyboard shortcut, press:
To change ordering, click and drag left or right any of the following:
Additionally, you can move panels and tabs up and down to and from the Drawer. To do this, right-click the panel or tab and select Move to top or Move to bottom from the drop-down menu.
Your custom tab order persists across DevTools sessions.
By default, DevTools will auto-rearrange your panel layout depending on window size. You can disable the auto-rearrangement. Go to Settings > Preferences > Appearance and update the panel layout based on your preference.
For example, the Styles pane in the Elements panel will move from the side to the bottom when screen size is small. If you want the Style pane to always stay on the side, change the panel layout to vertical.
See Settings > Preferences > Appearance > Language.
You can sync your DevTools settings across multiple devices.
To enable sync, first turn on Chrome Sync. Once enabled, your DevTools settings are synced by default.
You can enable or disable the DevTools settings sync separately using the Settings > Sync > Enable settings sync checkbox.
DevTools syncs most of the settings except those in the Workspace, Experiments, and Devices tabs and a few other general settings. The state of the Enable settings sync checkbox is synced across devices as well.
For example, the following Appearance settings are synced, so you have a consistent experience across devices and don't need to re-define the same settings again.
However, the dock setting isn't synced because developers have different dock preferences when debugging on different sites.
See Settings > Shortcuts.
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Last updated 2024-11-01 UTC.