Is inspecting elements accessible and can it be done easily?

By DMNagel, 19 February, 2024

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iOS and iPadOS

Just me and my phone here, no PC, no Mac or anything of the sort. I would like to try and mod one of those demos for Choice of Games, but apparently I will need to access inspect elements. So my question is, can it be done using my phone alone, and if so, is it even accessible?

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By Sebby on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 20:40

Can you tell us where you got this advice? I think the answer is probably "no, sorry," but it doesn't hurt to clarify.

By DMNagel on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 20:40

If you are familiar with Choice of Games, then apparently, while playing one of these games on the website, you can open developer tools and use the inspector element to change game stats to your liking.

By Sebby on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 20:40

You're talking about the Web Inspector, which is a developer console for the Safari web browser that lets you examine and change the internal representation of a web page. In that case the answer is definitely "No, sorry." You've got to have a computer, even to use the Web Inspector on iOS (remotely). Sorry about that!

By DMNagel on Thursday, February 15, 2024 - 20:40

Ah well, had to try.

By Levi Gobin on Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 20:40

You can connect your Mac to your iPhone and enable the web inspector for iOS. I’ve never used it so don’t know how to use it at all, but I know it can be done. You can find it in Safari’s advanced preferences on Mac.

By neosonic2 on Thursday, February 22, 2024 - 20:40

If you do, you'll learn from the source (Apple) that inspecting web pages loaded in Safari on iOS is only possible from a Mac, despite claims to the contrary from a previous comment. As has already been mentioned in this thread, you must enable the web inspector via Safari's advanced settings within iOS and then connect your device to your Mac with a USB cable before you can use desktop Safari's web inspector utility to review the page currently loaded on said device. There is no mobile version of the web inspector, thus inspecting web pages in Safari from your mobile device is not possible.

For reference, here's the manual - happy reading!