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Alexandra Velez
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Alexandra Velez
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 9,313 Points

How do you inspect buttons that aren't visible?

In the CSS, I specified that the buttons of the carousel should be white, so they're visible against a black background. However, when I preview the page, I can't see the shapes, and I don't know why they aren't appearing as the color white. Previously, the buttons were visible in a dimgray.

.slick-dots li button::before { font-size: 20px; color: white; }

What's the best way to troubleshoot elements when they can't be easily selected or inspected in the developer tools?

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1 Answer

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
231,007 Points

There are two techniques I might use to inspect an element that isn't currently visible:

  1. Just open the dev tools and sift through the elements tab to find the item.
  2. Use "inspect" on a visible parent or sibling element and then navigate to the target item on the elements tab.