Compare Edge add-ons: React Developer Tools vs IE Tab

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User count 880,717 2,856,116
Average rating 4.40 3.80
Rating count 60 83
Last updated 2024-03-08 2024-03-03
Size 1.57M 932.29K
Version 5.0.2 (3/8/2024) 17.3.3.1
Short description
Adds React debugging tools to the Microsoft Edge Developer Tools. Created from revision 47cf347e4 on 3/8/2024. Display web pages using IE within Edge. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.
Full summary

React Developer Tools is a browser DevTools extension for the open-source React JavaScript library.

You will get two new tabs in your Edge DevTools: "⚛️ Components" and "⚛️ Profiler".

The Components tab shows you the root React components that were rendered on the page, as well as the subcomponents that they ended up rendering.

By selecting one of the components in the tree, you can inspect and edit its current props and state in the panel on the right. In the breadcrumbs you can inspect the selected component, the component that created it, the component that created that one, and so on.

If you inspect a React element on the page using the regular Elements tab, then switch over to the React tab, that element will be automatically selected in the React tree.

The Profiler tab allows you to record performance information.

This extension requires permissions to access the page's React tree, but it does not transmit any data remotely. It is fully open source, and you can find its source code at https://github.com/facebook/react/tree/master/packages/react-devtools-extensions.

Display web pages using IE within Edge. Use Java, Silverlight, ActiveX, Sharepoint, and more.

** NOTE: Fully supported after IE EOL on June 15, 2022 **

IE Tab exactly emulates IE by using the IE rendering engine directly within Edge. This will enable you to use ActiveX controls and test your web pages with different versions of IE (IE 7-11).

It is free for a 2-week trial and then will require an annual subscription payment. You can see the price here: https://www.ietab.net/pricing

-- FEATURES --

  • Create a list of URLs that will automatically open in IE Tab

  • Group Policy support for enterprise deployments

  • Securely use the old IE rendering engine

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