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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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

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