How to View Source Code
This wikiHow teaches you how to view the source code of a website, which is the code behind any website (such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), on most common browsers. Excluding a Safari trick, you cannot view a website's source code while...
Method 1 of 3:
Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Internet Explorer
- Open your web browser. The process for viewing source code on Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer is the same.
- Navigate to a webpage. It should be a page whose source code you wish to view.
- Right-click the page. If you're using a Mac computer with a one-button mouse, you can hold down Control and click instead. If you are on a laptop with a trackpad, you can use two fingers to click the page instead. This will invoke a drop-down menu.
- Don't right-click a link or a photo when doing this or else the wrong menu will appear.
- Click View page source or View Source. Doing so will display your browser's source code in a new window or at the bottom of the current window.
- You'll see View page source for Chrome and Firefox, and View Source for Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
- You can also press Ctrl+U (PC) or ⌥ Option+⌘ Command+U (Mac) to display the source code.
Method 2 of 3:
Safari
- Open Safari. This is a blue, compass-shaped app.
- Click Safari. It's in the top-left side of your Mac's menu bar. Doing so invokes a drop-down menu.
- Click Preferences. This option is in the middle of the drop-down menu.
- Click the Advanced tab. It's in the top-right corner of the Preferences window.
- Check the "Show Develop menu in menu bar" box. This option is near the bottom of the Preferences window. You should see a Develop menu appear in your Mac's menu bar.
- Navigate to a webpage. It should be a page whose source code you wish to view.
- Click Develop. This menu is to the left of the Window menu in your Mac's menu bar.
- Click Show Page Source. It's near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Clicking this option will prompt Safari to display the webpage's source code.
- You can also press ⌥ Option+⌘ Command+U to display the source code.
Method 3 of 3:
On Wikis
- Navigate to the page you want to view the wiki source code for.
- Click on the "View source" or "Edit" tab.
- Scroll through the source and select/copy the code you want to copy on your site.
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