Set colors, stars, etc. to requests in Developer tools

[nuncaeslupus]

When having to work with lots of requests it's easy to get lost. Some kind of manual/automatic color or favorite (stars) setting to rows in Network tab would be very useful. A filter by colors or favorite would be also nice. So once you find the requests you need you don't lose them anymore.

Also, I would be grateful for a JSON only filter.

[Jon]

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[Honza]

> When having to work with lots of requests it's easy to get lost. Some kind of manual/automatic color or favorite (stars) setting to rows in Network tab would be very useful. A filter by colors or favorite would be also nice. So once you find the requests you need you don't lose them anymore.

Yes, I like the use case. Could we somehow improve the existing "Filter URLs" feature instead of introducing a new thing?

https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/network_monitor/request_list/#filtering-by-pro...

> Also, I would be grateful for a JSON only filter.

Are you thinking about introducing a support for new mime-type? 

Like: "mime-type:application/json"

Honza

[nuncaeslupus]

@Honza thanks for answering.

Yes, I like the use case. Could we somehow improve the existing "Filter URLs" feature instead of introducing a new thing?

https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/network_monitor/request_list/#filtering-by-pro...

Maybe, after adding that color or "importance level" it could be also filtered. I often prefer to see all the requests in the original order but I would like to highlight just some of them, specially if they are similar.

Are you thinking about introducing a support for new mime-type? 

Like: "mime-type:application/json"

Yes, I just discovered the mime-type filtering after sending the message, sorry. 😅

But anyway, adding buttons for custom filters would be nice. For example, I would probably add a JSON button next to XHR. Some defaults to be added by drag & drop would be very useful. Or better, apply a filter and then click to "Save filter" next to the search box, which will add a new button after the default HTML, XHR... And then, "Edit", "Rename" or "Remove" filter would be also possible.