Rich output

When the Web console prints objects, it includes a richer set of information than just the object's name. In particular, it:

Type-specific rich output

The Web Console provides rich output for many object types, including the following:

Object
Array
Date
Promise

New in Firefox 36

RegExp
Window
Document
Element
Event

Examining object properties

When an object is logged to the console it appears in italics. Click on it, and you'll see a new panel appear containing details of the object:

To dismiss this panel press Esc..

Highlighting and inspecting DOM nodes

If you hover the mouse over any DOM element in the console output, it's highlighted in the page:

In the screenshot above you'll also see a blue "target" icon next to the node in the console output: click it to switch to the Inspector with that node selected.

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