# The "inspect" option on a web page--Why? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [March 31, 2024, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642 "2024-03-31T14:26:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2024, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/41 "2024-04-02T22:30:23Z")
> [@hibernicus](#): > > I’m talking about those puzzles A certain large worldwide liquor distributer required us (small team of contractors) to take an online test for their system, written in Flash. Because I am A) a nerd, and B) love Flash actionscript, I hit F12 on my MacBook to watch the traffic. For reasons I cannot explain, each HTTP POST request included both my answer, AND the correct answer. I passed the test. On the second attempt, as I wrote down all the answers. I scored 100%. I am now accredited with a company I almost certainly will never will deal with again. Now Flash is dead, I hope they have changed their tactics. The “Inspect” window in my browser really helped getting through some exceptionally boring corporate bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![patcii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@patcii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/patcii)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/42 "2024-04-03T21:32:46Z")
Real programmers build systems that actually do something useful. “Coders” play with LEGO blocks and have no clue as to what they do or how they work. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/43 "2024-04-03T21:45:31Z")
Which is relevant to the thread how? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/44 "2024-04-03T21:56:39Z")
They wouldn’t know. They’re just a coder. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/45 "2024-04-03T22:03:05Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > \*(is there a difference between a programmer and a coder?) > [@LSLGuy](#): > > Which is relevant to the thread how? He was answering one of the questions in the OP. Though not really accurately. I say as a retired Programmer/Analyst. What he is describing as a Coder is what I would call a Script Kiddie. ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/46 "2024-04-03T22:17:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > In Windows, when you are running remote control app, you need a way to distinguish between copying / pasting with or between the programs on your local screen, one of which is a remote control program, versus copying / pasting within the remote screen that you’re seeing the remote window. Close! I’m on Linux (Ubuntu, to be more specific). Control-C is sends a signal that ends the current program that I’m running in the shell. In that specific case, Control-Shift-C is for copy. I’m an old-school unixy programmer. My work day is split between three interfaces: Chrome (e-mail, Google drive, etc), a graphical text editor (I use Sublime Text), and a command window (for running builds, accessing development hardware, and more). Two of the three use good ol’ Control-C. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2024, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/47 "2024-04-03T23:49:53Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > He was answering one of the questions in the OP. > > Though not really accurately. I say as a retired Programmer/Analyst. What he is describing as a Coder is what I would call a Script Kiddie. Ah. Thank you. I got a real whiff of overweening contempt off that post but couldn’t quite tell what it was aimed at. From somebody who joined last week that tripped my alert. Perhaps I was hasty or overreactive. We shall see. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/48 "2024-04-04T00:10:37Z")
I always forget about Ctrl-Shift-C, as I never use it to open the Inspector. Either I will want to inspect something specific and will use the right click option, or I need to do something to the page as a whole, which means I want the Console, which uses Ctrl-Shift-J (or Ctrl-Shift-K in Firefox). I would have hoped that whatever way you were remapping Ctrl-C to Ctrl-Shift-C would be able to override the browser shortcut. (Though I admit I nearly always copy text with the mouse. I don’t like using the arrows to highlight text, and if I’m already using the mouse, right clicking usually seems easier. Now, when pasting, I very often use the keyboard.) ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/49 "2024-04-04T11:38:51Z")
It’s actually default behavior on the terminal window, because control-C for “cancel this action” has existed longer than “copy to clipboard”. I never thought about remapping…maybe I can find something that does let me remap in the Chrome context. Thanks for the idea! I’ll take a look. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642/50 "2024-04-04T16:29:31Z")
If nothing else, AutoHotkey coild probably do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-inspect-option-on-a-web-page-why/999642.md?page=2)