bramus / bramus/scroll-driven-animations-debugger-extension
The extension doesn’t work with elements in iframes. It shows a _“Could not read the required data from the element.”_ error message
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bug
external
FAQ
wontfix
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- Stars
- 59
- Forks
- 2
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
Go to any CodePen-based demo such as https://codepen.io/bramus/pen/vYvXWyv and right click the iframe’s contents and select Inspect. The extension will show a _“Could not read the required data from the element.”_ error message:
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Research direction
Reproduce the issue using the linked CodePen demo, then inspect how the extension reads data when Inspect is used inside the iframe. Done means inspecting elements in CodePen-based iframe contents no longer shows the “Could not read the required data from the element.” error.
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Assessment
- Domain
- devtools
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100