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Expand Up @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ The components tab is separated into two sub windows: the components tree in the
the component details in the right. The components tree will display all the different
components that are present in the tab in the form of a tree. The root of this tree is
actually the app which is not a component but can still be inspected by the devtools like
one. There can also be multiple apps loaded in the page like in the following:
one. There can also be multiple apps loaded in the page like in website:

<img src="screenshots/multi_apps.png"/>

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While the props and the env are already present on the actual instance of the component and are
pretty explicit by themselves, the observed state value is a bit more complicated to grasp.

The observed state is actually information about which variables are observed by the component
which will trigger a rerender of the component when it is modified. The keys represent which part of the
variable is actually observed and the target is the actual variable. For simplicity, the properties
that are not observed by the component are greyed out while the others are in bold. This means that
editing bold ones will trigger a rerender while the greyed out ones will not.
The observed state is actually information about which variables are being observed by the component:
when any property of a reactive object is being read by the component, the component will subscribe
to this property which means it will listen to any change that can occur on the property and render
when such a change occurs. This can be visualized easily within the devtools inside of the observed
state section: observed properties of the reactive object(s) are displayed in bold while the others
are greyed out. Do keep in mind that a greyed out property in the observed state of one component
may be observed by another and the other way around is also possible. Here is an example for some
user Field component:

<img src="screenshots/states.png"/>

In the given example, we have two keys/target pairs for two different variables. The first one indicates
that adding or removing an element to the array will trigger a rerender since the length will have changed.
Replacing the element at index 0, 1 or 2 will also have the same effect as implied by the keys. It doesn't
mean that editing the properties of element at index 0, 1 or 2 will rerender the component though. It may
be the case for some but this will be described in another keys/target pair. The second keys/target pair
is actually the element at index 0 of the first pair. It only has id in the keys meaning that only the
id property will actually trigger a rerender the component when modified. Be aware however that the other
properties may be in the observed state of another component like a child one in this case. A greyed out
property only implies it is not reactive for the selected component and not for the others.

The navigation inside the properties is also similar to the one in console variables: properties have
Navigation inside the properties is also similar to the one in console variables: properties have
their prototype displayed and getters will get their value when clicked on (...). It is also possible to
send any property to the console using the right-click context menu on it and functions can be inspected
in the sources tab as well.
Expand All @@ -96,8 +89,10 @@ component's name. Using the left click on the component's name will focus it in
It is also possible to edit any of the leaf node properties. To do so, you must double click on the
property's value and modify it using the freshly created input then press enter to apply the changes.
Do note that the modified values should be written in JSON format in order to be valid (examples:
89, "yes", undefined, null, \["hello", 15\], {"a": 1}, true, ...). Whether it has an impact on the
component or not and whether it produces an error is the responsability of the user.
89, "yes", undefined, null, \["hello", 15\], {"a": 1}, true, ...). Editing any value will produce a
manual render of the component (or the root component of the application in the case of env values).
Whether the edition has an impact on the component or not and whether it produces an error is the
responsability of the user.

<img src="screenshots/edit.png"/>

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The second button is used to clear all the events that have been recorded. The select can be used to
switch between the tree view (which shows the causality between renders) and the events log view which
simply displays the events in the exact order they were triggered. In this view, you can expand the create,
update and destroy events which reveals the component that initiated the event.
update and destroy events which reveals the component that initiated the event. Also, a transition line will
appear each time a new animation frame has been loaded between events.

<img src="screenshots/events_log.png"/>

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recording of events and have no effect on the profiler tab. The Trace Renderings option is used to log in
the console all the render events and allows to show their traceback information. Similarly, the Trace
Subscriptions option logs all the properties that caused a render event and also allows to see the traceback
of the modification
of the modification.

<img src="screenshots/trace_rendering.png"/>
<img src="screenshots/trace_subscriptions.png"/>

The Owl Devtools also allow to inspect iframes coded in Owl: when an Owl iframe is detected in the page,
the iframe selector will appear next to the tabs. This allows to switch from an iframe to another easily.
Be aware that switching iframes will clear all record events from the profiler tab. Iframes detection is
currently not working in the firefox version, we are aware of this issue and will try to address it in the
future.

<img src="screenshots/iframes.png"/>

## Options

The owl devtools extension has a dark mode feature which defaults to your general devtools settings and can
be toggled using the sun/moon icon at the top-right corner of the tab. All the examples above were created
with the dark mode enabled. There is also a refresh button to completely reset the owl devtools.
be toggled using the sun/moon icon at the top-right corner of the tab. There is also a refresh button to
completely reset the owl devtools.

<img src="screenshots/darkmode.png"/>

## Troubleshooting

If the feedback from the page to the devtools seems to be cut, just close the devtools and refresh the page.
If the feedback from the page to the devtools seems to be cut, you can first try to use the refresh
button mentioned above but if it still doesn't seem to work, just close the devtools and refresh the page.
This will eventually happen any time a tab stays opened for too long without being refreshed.
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