Toggle various overlays and speed up DOM tree navigation with this comprehensive reference of badges in the Elements panel.
Show or hide badges
To show or hide badges:
- Open DevTools.
- Right-click an element in the DOM tree and select Badge settings....
- Select or clear checkboxes next to the chosen badges.
The Elements panel shows the selected badges next to the appropriate elements in the DOM tree. The next sections explain every badge.
Grid
An HTML element is a grid container if its display
CSS property is set to grid
or inline-grid
. Such elements have grid
badges next to them that toggle the corresponding overlays.
Toggle the overlay on the following preview:
- Inspect the element in the preview.
- In the DOM tree, click the
grid
badge next to the element and observe the overlay.
The overlay shows columns, rows, their numbers, and gaps.
To learn how to debug grid layout, see Inspect CSS grid.
Subgrid
A subgrid is a nested grid that uses the same tracks as its parent grid. An element is a subgrid container if one or both of its grid-template-columns
, grid-template-rows
properties are set to subgrid
. Such elements have subgrid
badges next to them that toggle the corresponding overlays.
Toggle the overlay on the following preview:
- Inspect the element in the preview.
- In the DOM tree, click the
subgrid
badge next to the element and observe the overlay.
The overlay shows columns, rows, their numbers, and gaps of a subgrid.
Flex
An HTML element is a flex container if its display
CSS property is set to flex
or inline-flex
. Such elements have flex
badges next to them that toggle the corresponding overlays.
Toggle the overlay on the following preview:
- Inspect the element in the preview.
- In the DOM tree, click the
flex
badge next to the element and observe the overlay.
The overlay shows child element positions.
To learn how to debug flex layouts, see Inspect and debug CSS flexbox.
Ad
DevTools can detect some ad frames and tag them. Such frames have ad
badges next to them.
Discover an ad in the following preview:
- Inspect the element in the preview.
- In the DOM tree, find an element with the
ad
badge next to it.
The ad
badge is not clickable but you can use the Rendering tab to highlight ad frames in red.
Scroll-snap
An HTML element is a scroll container if its overflow
CSS property is set to scroll
, or auto
when there's enough content to cause overflow. Scroll containers can have CSS properties that configure snap points. Such elements have scroll-snap
badges next to them that toggle the corresponding overlays.
Toggle the overlay on the following preview:
- Inspect the element in the preview.
- In the DOM tree, click the
scroll-snap
badge next to the element. - Try scrolling the element to the right and observe the overlay.
The overlay shows element positions and snap points.
Container
An HTML element is a container if it has the container-type
CSS property. Such elements have container
badges next to them that toggle the corresponding overlays.
Toggle the overlay on the following preview:
- Inspect the element in the preview.
- In the DOM tree, click the
container
badge next to the element. - Try resizing the element by dragging its bottom-right corner and observe the layout change and overlay.
The overlay shows child element positions.
To learn how to debug container queries, see Inspect and debug CSS container queries.
Slot
The <slot>
HTML element is a placeholder that you can fill with your own content. Together with the <template>
element, <slot>
lets you create separate DOM trees and present them together. Slot content elements have slot
badges next to them that serve as links to the corresponding slots.
Discover the slot
badge in the following preview:
- Inspect the element in the preview.
- In the DOM tree, click the
slot
badge next to the element to locate the corresponding slot. - Get back to the slot's content by clicking the
reveal
badge.
Top layer
This badge helps you understand the concept of the top layer and visualize it. The top layer renders content on top of all other layers, regardless of z-index
. When you open a <dialog>
element using the .showModal()
method, the browser puts it into the top layer.
To help you visualize top layer elements, the Elements panel adds a #top-layer
container to the DOM tree after the closing </html>
tag.
Top layer elements have top-layer (N)
badges next to them, where N
is the element's index number. The badges are links to the corresponding elements in the #top-layer
container.
Discover the top-layer (N)
badge in the following preview:
- In the preview, click Open dialog.
- Inspect the dialog.
- In the DOM tree, click the
top-layer (1)
badge next to the<dialog>
element. The Elements panel takes you to the corresponding element in the#top-layer
container after the closing</html>
tag. - Get back to the
<dialog>
element by clicking thereveal
badge next to the element or its::backdrop
.
Media
The media
badge is turned off by default. When turned on, it appears next to <audio>
and <video>
elements. Click this badge to open the Media panel and debug your media.
For more information, see Debug media players with the Media panel.