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How to Open the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge

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Popular browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and so on provide the Responsive Design Developer Tools. The Responsive Design Developer Tools allow a web developer to test the responsive CSS codes of a website. The web developers can see how the web page looks at different screen sizes using the Responsive Design Developer Tools.

In this article, we will show you how to open the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge.

Topic of Contents:

  1. Opening the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Google Chrome
  2. Opening the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Mozilla Firefox
  3. Opening the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge
  4. Conclusion

Opening the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Google Chrome

You can access the responsive design tool from the Google Chrome developer tools.

To open the Google Chrome developer tools, press <Ctrl> + <Shift> + I or right-click (RMB) on the page and click on “Inspect”.

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You can also click on ⋮ > More tools > Developer tools to open the developer tools in Google Chrome.

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The Google Chrome developer tools should be displayed.

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To open the responsive design tool, press <Ctrl> + <Shift> + M or click on the responsive design icon Image from the top-left corner of the Google Chrome developer tools.

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The Google Chrome responsive design tool should be opened.

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Opening the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Mozilla Firefox

You can open the Responsive Design Developer Tool in Mozilla Firefox directly by pressing the <Ctrl> + <Shift> + M.

You can also click on the Firefox menu Image (from the top-right corner) and click on More tools > Responsive Design Mode to open the RESPONSIVE DESIGN DEVELOPER TOOLS.

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The Mozilla Firefox Responsive Design Developer Tool should be opened.

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Opening the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Microsoft Edge

You can access the responsive design tool from the Microsoft Edge developer tools.

To open the Microsoft Edge developer tools, press <Ctrl> + <Shift> + I or right-click (RMB) on the page and click on “Inspect”.

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You can also click on ⋯ > More tools > Developer tools to open the developer tools in Microsoft Edge.

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The Microsoft Edge developer tools should be displayed.

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To open the responsive design tool, press <Ctrl> + <Shift> + M or click on the responsive design icon Image from the top-left corner of the Microsoft Edge developer tools.

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The Microsoft Edge responsive design tool should be opened.

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Conclusion

We showed you how to open the Responsive Design Developer Tools in Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Microsoft Edge web browsers. The Responsive Design Developer Tools is a very useful tool for web developers.

About the author

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Shahriar Shovon

Freelancer & Linux System Administrator. Also loves Web API development with Node.js and JavaScript. I was born in Bangladesh. I am currently studying Electronics and Communication Engineering at Khulna University of Engineering & Technology (KUET), one of the demanding public engineering universities of Bangladesh.