Enable right-clicking "Inspect Element" in Webview tab

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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
20/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
macos
Domain
desktop

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No files, tests, or entry points are identified in the issue. Review the Webview tab implementation and establish the scope for right-click Inspect Element, then clarify whether maximizing, undocking, and always-on-top are also required before defining completion.

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enhancement

Description

The essence of the request is to be able to have a better tool to understand the structure of an HTML page. Being able to right-click and selecting "Inspect Element" as is available in a standalone Safari is critical for that. Related to this, there is the issue with the webview's window size potentially being too small, so I suggest, as a complementing feature to also be able to maximize the webview tab to full screen or better yet be able to "undock" it so it can become a separate window (with the option to enable always-on-top for that window).

Why this feature/change is important?

When there's a need to understand a complex HTML page you need to be to look at the rendered page and inspect its elements. This is especially critical when the post rendering HTML code is very different from the source code, which often happens. My workaround for this right now is to copy the html body to a separate file then open it in a browser. This is a bad user experience and a tedious and error-prone process.

Thanks in advance for your consideration!

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