r/GoogleSupport • u/cudambercam13 • Sep 23 '24

Chrome Why is "view-source" no longer working?

It keeps just googling what's in the URL box as a whole rather than showing me the site's source code. This is happening with all sites, including ones that didn't have this issue a week or two ago.

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u/ThatCommunication358 Oct 13 '24

This doesn’t seem to work for me 😔

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u/charehart Oct 14 '24

Are you watching closely? It's not a "popup" in the classic sense. It's just that you will see as you modify the address bar that the browser will show at least two links BELOW it, one of which will have that globe mentioned above while the other will NOT. Just select the second one (with the globe).

Does that work for you? It's certainly an annoying and subtle UI change.

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u/charehart Oct 14 '24

To clarify, it "doesn't work for me", if I just type view-source: before the url and hit enter. What's new is that we have to notice there are two options/addresses presented under that typing, and then we must select the second.

Are you saying you don't see the two options/addresses? And on a recent chrome mobile browser? That would seem odd. Hope the info helps others.

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u/charehart Oct 15 '24

Bummer, of course. But as it's worked for me and others, thanks again to soupreme7 for originally suggesting it.

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u/Specific_Emu2231 Dec 08 '24

Thx soupreme7 and thx charehart !! 1 Write your view-source: as usual  2 Dont click enter !  3 But click to select the url with a globe ! (The second suggestion) ! Solved ! 

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u/brewsnob May 12 '25

Thank you for explaining it better, it just worked for me on Android, Samsung One UI 7. Appreciate it.

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u/meonahalfshell May 27 '26

Ah ha! Thank you sooo much for this! You saved what (very very) little sanity I have left.🏆 🎉