====== Connecting to Zotero with the Firefox Developer Tools ======

Since Zotero is based on Firefox, it's possible to use the Firefox Developer Tools to interact with the DOM, set code breakpoints, follow network requests, and more.

Zotero 7 beta builds include the Firefox 115 devtools. To start a beta build with the Browser Toolbox open, pass the ''-jsdebugger'' flag on the command line:

<code>
$ /Applications/Zotero\ Beta.app/Contents/MacOS/zotero -ZoteroDebugText -jsdebugger
</code>

When running Zotero from source, passing ''-d'' flag to the [[dev:client_coding/building_the_desktop_app#helper_script|build_and_run script]] will rebuild (''-r'') with the devtools included and pass ''-jsdebugger''.