# DOM Property Viewer

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The DOM Property Viewer is disabled by default. Enable it in the {ref}`Developer Tools Settings <tool-toolbox-settings>`
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The DOM Property Viewer lets you inspect the properties of the [DOM](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Glossary/DOM) as an expandable tree structure, starting from the [window](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window) object of the current page or the {doc}`selected iframe <../working_with_iframes/index>`.

```{image} dom_inspector.png
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```

## Enabling the DOM Property Viewer

The DOM Property Viewer is not enabled by default. To enable it, open the {ref}`developer tools settings <tool-toolbox-settings>` and check the "DOM" box under "Default Firefox Developer Tools".

## Opening the DOM Property Viewer

Once enabled, you can select the *DOM* panel in the Web Developer Tools, accessible from the Browser Tools submenu

The {doc}`Toolbox <../tools_toolbox/index>` will appear at the bottom of the browser window, with the DOM Property Viewer activated. It's just called "DOM" in the Toolbox.

## DOM Property Viewer user interface

### DOM tree

The different properties of the DOM are displayed as an expandable tree. The left-hand side shows the property's name, and the right-hand side shows its value. Up to three properties of an object and items of an array are displayed. If a property has more elements than this, you'll see a "more..." annotation, and will need to click the property to see all elements. A lock icon indicates that a property is not writable.

### Refreshing the display

If the DOM changes you can hit the *Refresh* button to update the display:

```{image} dom_inspector_refresh_button.png
:alt: Button to update the DOM Inspector display
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```

### Filtering

There is a search box within the toolbar:

```{image} dom_inspector_search_box.png
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```

This filters the list to show only items which match the search term. Items match the search term if their name contains the search term. Matching is case-sensitive.