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https://github.com/patik/console.log-wrapper
Clear console logging for every browser
https://github.com/patik/console.log-wrapper
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Clear console logging for every browser
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/patik/console.log-wrapper
- Owner: patik
- License: isc
- Created: 2011-04-12T01:34:53.000Z (over 13 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2022-05-08T15:21:53.000Z (over 2 years ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-29T03:49:43.185Z (7 months ago)
- Language: JavaScript
- Homepage: http://patik.github.io/console.log-wrapper/
- Size: 250 KB
- Stars: 406
- Watchers: 29
- Forks: 53
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Console.log wrapper
*Safe, clear console logging for every browser*
Log to the console — even legacy browsers without a console. Just pass any data to `log()` and you'll see it printed clearly and well-structured in the console.
If the browser doesn't have a console, Firebug Lite will load. You can pass any variable type: strings, objects, arrays, functions, etc.
**Demo: [patik.github.io/console.log-wrapper](http://patik.github.io/console.log-wrapper/)**
## Installation
**npm**: `npm install consolelog`
**Bower**: `bower install consolelog`
Or just download [consolelog.js](https://github.com/patik/console.log-wrapper/blob/master/consolelog.js) and reference it in your page with a `` tag.
## Usage
Use `log()` wherever you want to write to the console.
### AMD with RequireJS
Consolelog.js is AMD-compliant and supports Common JS:
```js
require(['consolelog'], function(log) {
log('It works!');
});
```
### Settings
You can change some optional preferences by passing an object to `log.settings()`. The defaults are shown below.
```js
log.settings({
lineNumber: true,
group: {
label: 'Log:',
collapsed: false
}
});
```
- `lineNumber` (Boolean)
+ Whether to append the actual line number to each log. Not supported by all browsers.
- `group` (Boolean or object)
+ Groups the arguments for each log together
+ `collapsed: true` will collapse each group (in browsers that support collapsing)
+ `label: "some string"` sets the label or name for the groups
+ Simply setting `group: true` is a shorthand way of selecting the defaults
## Detail Print
This is an optional plugin to provide help information about the data that is being logged, especially in IE and older browsers. Just include [consolelog.detailprint.js](https://github.com/patik/console.log-wrapper/blob/master/consolelog.detailprint.js) along with [consolelog.js](https://github.com/patik/console.log-wrapper/blob/master/consolelog.js).
Firebug, WebKit's Developer Tools, and Opera's Dragonfly print useful, interactive items to the console. For example:
````js
console.log(
"Here's a string",
3.14,
{"alpha": 5, "bravo": false},
document.getElementById('charlie'),
new Date()
);
````
Results in:
Some browsers that have a primitive console — one that does not expand arrays, does not link DOM elements to the source code, only prints objects as `[object Object]` rather than listing their properties, etc.
Some cannot accept multiple arguments to a single `console.log` call. This includes IE 7/8/9/10, iOS 5 and older, and Opera 11 and older, among others.
Using the `detailPrint` companion plugin, special objects are presented in a more readable manner.
## Demo
[patik.github.io/console.log-wrapper](http://patik.github.io/console.log-wrapper/)
## Documentation
[patik.com/blog/complete-cross-browser-console-log](http://patik.com/blog/complete-cross-browser-console-log)
## License
Console.log-wrapper is released under [the ISC license](LICENSE).