I use Google Chrome Developer Tools all the time. Suddenly, the toolbar icons went away. They used to be above each of Elements
, Resources
, etc... and now they are gone. I guess this is okay because I didn't need them in the first place. But, is there a way to turn them back on?
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Dmitry Minkovsky
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Posted this here because I Googled this to no avail when this happened to me a few weeks back. Finally stumbled upon Developer Tools settings and saw the option to re-enable the icons. – Dmitry Minkovsky Mar 11 '13 at 21:28
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This happened to me too the other day. It took me a while, but I finally found the spot where you can re-enable them: just go to the Developer Tools settings. Incidentally, there is a bunch of other cool stuff there, too.
To bring up the settings (I'm using version 25), click the gear icon on the bottom-right of Developer Tools window. On the left, click General
. Under Appearance
, you'll find a checkbox labeled Show toolbar icons
.
Incidentally, be sure to check out the Shortcuts
area if you like to navigate with the keyboard.

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On Chrome 30.0.1599.69 m, they seem to have taken this option away! Am I missing something? – kaveman Oct 08 '13 at 20:09
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3@kaveman This was confirmed by Paul Irish in [this comment](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15167087/icons-in-menu-gone-in-chrome-developer-tools-after-update#comment-28525525). No reason given on why... – hitautodestruct Oct 10 '13 at 09:38