Collecting browser logs for debugging

Sometimes, it can be helpful to send browser log messages to help us debug issues faster. Here's how:

Steps to collect browser logs from the SwiftRead window

If there's an issue/bug that occurs in the SwiftRead window itself, follow these steps to collect browser logs from the SwiftRead window:

  1. Activate SwiftRead on whatever webpage, document, etc. that produces the issue
  2. After the issue occurs in the SwiftRead window, open the "Javascript Console" with the following hotkeys: Command+Option+J on Mac or Control+Shift+J on Windows
  3. A separate window should open in the SwiftRead window that has the title "DevTools", with the "Console" tab selected. This is highlighted by the red rectangle in the screenshot below
  4. Take a screenshot and/or copy-paste all the log messages in the "Console" tab.
DevTools "Console" for SwiftRead window

Steps to collect browser logs from the source URL or document window

Sometimes, the issue/bug occurs before activating SwiftRead, so you'll need to collect the browser logs from the source URL or document that you're trying to use SwiftRead on. Here's how:

  1. Open the URL in your browser, or the document (e.g. PDF, ePub) in SwiftRead's PDF, ePub, etc. reader.
  2. Activate SwiftRead.
  3. After the issue occurs, go back to the window/tab with the source URL or document that you were trying to read with SwiftRead.
  4. Open the "Javascript Console" with the following hotkeys: Command+Option+J on Mac or Control+Shift+J on Windows.
  5. A separate window pane should open in the current window/tab, with the "Console" tab selected. This is highlighted by the red rectangle in the screenshot below.
  6. Take a screenshot and/or copy-paste all the log messages in the "Console" tab.
DevTools "Console" for source URL or document window
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