Google Chrome Developer Tools: Styles Tip

If any of you have been using Google Chrome instead of Firebug for your web development, you might have found yourself in a pinch. When using FireBug, it is relatively easy to add additional CSS styles to an element or its styles on the fly. Chrome doesn’t seem to have that ability out of the box.

Well, there IS a way, although it is rather hacky. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t do the trick!

Lets say you have an inline element with the following styles

width:50px;

However, you suddenly realise that in order to apply a width to an element it has to be a block element. So, instead of changing your stylesheet and refreshing the page, type:

width:50px;display:block;

Press Enter, and the additional style gets added!

width:50px; display:block;

Quite simple, but annoying if you didn’t know about it. Hope this helps anyone out there using Chrome for their development.

eGames Expo 2009: Day 3

Well, the last day of the expo wrapped up what was essentially a very disappointing event. Too many hawkers ands not enough exhibits equates to a very uninteresting event. Take note organisers: your attendees do not really want to buy lots of stuff from expos, considering that they had to pay to get in.

Perhaps what I saw this weekend was the result of a extremely tumultuous year for everyone. Companies simply don’t have the confidence to slap down thousands of dollars at events anymore. Not events with such a low street-cred level anyway. All we have left is the hope for a better eGames Expo next year.

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eGames Expo 2009: Day 2

This is day 2 of the eGames Expo 2009. You can find my post on day 1 here.

Unfortunately, my worst fears were proven accurate. There was absolutely nothing new to see on the 2nd day of the event. This meant that I had crawled through the eGames Expo (excluding the Digital Lifestyle and Careers events) in less than 4 hours.

What did I do on the 2nd day? I decided to get hands on with some of the lesser known games being displayed.

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