JavaScript console

E544023
browser feature debugging tool developer tool

The JavaScript console is a developer tool in web browsers that lets programmers inspect, log, and interact with a webpage’s JavaScript code in real time.

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documented in WHATWG Console Living Standard 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf browser feature ⓘ
debugging tool ⓘ
developer tool ⓘ
accessedBy pressing Cmd+Option+J on macOS in some browsers ⓘ
pressing Ctrl+Shift+J in some browsers ⓘ
pressing F12 in many browsers ⓘ
allows editing variables at runtime ⓘ
experimenting with APIs ⓘ
overriding functions temporarily ⓘ
testing code snippets ⓘ
availableIn Google Chrome NERFINISHED ⓘ
Microsoft Edge NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mozilla Firefox NERFINISHED ⓘ
Opera NERFINISHED ⓘ
Safari NERFINISHED ⓘ
canAccess DOM elements ⓘ
browser APIs ⓘ
document object ⓘ
window object ⓘ
canInspect JavaScript errors ⓘ
deprecation notices ⓘ
network-related messages ⓘ
warnings ⓘ
operatesOn current web page context ⓘ
outputFormat interactive DOM nodes ⓘ
objects and arrays ⓘ
stack traces ⓘ
text messages ⓘ
partOf browser developer tools ⓘ
relatedTo browser automation ⓘ
front-end debugging ⓘ
web development ⓘ
supports JavaScript evaluation ⓘ
assertions via console.assert ⓘ
clearing output via console.clear ⓘ
grouping logs via console.group ⓘ
logging via console.debug ⓘ
logging via console.error ⓘ
logging via console.info ⓘ
logging via console.log ⓘ
logging via console.warn ⓘ
timing operations via console.time ⓘ
viewing stack traces via console.trace ⓘ
usedFor debugging web applications ⓘ
executing ad hoc JavaScript commands ⓘ
inspecting JavaScript code ⓘ
inspecting network or DOM-related messages ⓘ
interacting with JavaScript code in real time ⓘ
logging information from JavaScript ⓘ
monitoring runtime errors ⓘ
profiling performance in some browsers ⓘ

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Web Inspector developer tools → supportsFeature → JavaScript console ⓘ
console.table method → standardStatus → JavaScript console ⓘ
subject surface form: console.table
this entity surface form: documented in WHATWG Console Living Standard