React Developer Tools

The chrome extension was working fine and I have no errors in my React.js app in my visual studio code terminal. But now when I go to refresh my webpage, I get the error "Loading React Element Tree... If this seems stuck, please follow the troubleshooting instructions." I have read many solutions, but none seem to work for me. Has anyone experienced this issue before and been able to solve it. Solutions I have tried: updated chrome version remove react dev tools extension and reinstall it ... Show more

Angular and Vue don't need an extension because their frameworks actually work with the native chrome inspector tools. Meanwhile, the developers of React, couldnt make their framework work for the native inspector tools so instead of fixing this, they had the idea to make a work-around which is this extension. If the people who made React developed web applications before in their lives, they would have quickly come to the conclusion that React should work with the native inspector tools and... Show more

I'm using this for school, as recommended by my instructor. His version is old, it seems, because it says on the install page "offered by Facebook" (hence why he recommended it). However, I've been having some issues with it, his inspector tool can pop up a react tab next to the 'element', 'sources', and 'console' drop menu's while mine can't as it does not exist. It could be, perhaps I just don't know how to use the extension in the inspector, but after reading the reviews and seeing the... Show more