How to view a page's source when a javascript modal popup loads first?

firefox html javascript

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Solution 1

Try prepending 'view-source:' to the URL;

view-source:http://www.google.co.uk

This works in Firefox and Chrome for me.

If you use firefox, you can select text/item/etc at the popup and click in context menu on "show source code for selection".

or better

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Updated on September 17, 2022

Jimmy Lyke almost 2 years

Scenario:

You go to a page. Before loading, a javascript modal popup loads. Firebug has yet to pick up on the source. However, this code is obviously living in your browser. How can you view the source, at this time?

EDIT: It appears that this popup is not javascript driven. I have disabled javascript and it still loads. However, it definitely looks like javascript... How would this occur without javscript?
- Admin almost 15 years
  
  Can you post a screenshot of the popup...
- Admin almost 15 years
  
  i'm not suer where icould upload a screenshot. it appears that when a file is being authorized by .htaccess, you can not load the page source beforehand. i didn't know this. does this sound like the answer?
- Admin almost 15 years
  
  If it's a .htaccess login box then the browser isn't sent anything until you log in - do you see a login prompt? You can use (for example) tinypic.com for screenshots
Jimmy Lyke almost 15 years

I've just downloaded this plugin. I've obviously never used it, but it doesn't appear that I can use it (on right click) on this popup.
Jimmy Lyke almost 15 years

this is probably due to my new realization that i've posted as an edit to the question. Hm..
Axxmasterr almost 15 years

You actually have to explictly run JSView from the tools menu at the top of FF