Why Does Firebug Pop Up Automatically?
Firebug is an add-on for the Firefox Web browser that lets you take a look at website code and make code edits. Use it to highlight a specific part of the page and open the code for that section in a separate window. You can leave the window attached to the tab where it originated, or you can pop it into its own window; you can also temporarily minimize it if it's in your way. Sometimes, after you've done this, you might lose track of your open Firebug windows and find yourself getting Firebug alerts when you thought you'd closed all of the Firebug panels.
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Enabling Firebug
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Once you have Firebug installed, the Firebug icon will appear in the bottom-right status bar of Firefox. The icon is gray when Firebug is not enabled, and orange when Firebug is enabled, or on. Click on the gray Firebug icon to start Firebug. Another way to start Firebug is to press the F12 key on your computer's keyboard.
Panels
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Firebug can have several panels open, depending on the kind of code you're working in. You can enable or disable each one by right-clicking on the Firebug icon, or by clicking on the tab for that panel in the Firebug menu bar and selecting "Enabled" from the menu that drops down. If you are working on several pages in different browser tabs and you get confused about what's open and what's not, you can hover your cursor over the orange Firebug icon to see a list of the pages.
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Minimizing and Closing Firebug
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At the far right of the Firebug toolbar there are three red buttons. The one on the left, with the horizontal bar, will minimize that Firebug window. The middle one will cause that window to pop out as a separate window that you can move independently of the page it refers back to. The right button, with the power-on icon, will close that Firebug page. Remember that you have to close each Firebug window separately. You can check the icon in your status bar to see if it is orange (on) or gray (off) if you've lost track.
Using Two Monitors
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If you find yourself getting cramped with all the open windows when working in Firebug, click on the middle button on the top right and pop the Firebug pane into its own window. If you have a second monitor, or if you have a laptop you can plug in to a desktop monitor, you can drag the Firebug window onto the second monitor and resize it so you have lots of room to work.
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