This wikiHow teaches you how to view a website’s source code, which is the code behind any website (such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), on most common browsers. Except for the Safari trick, you cannot view the source code of a website when using a mobile browser.

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[Edit]Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Internet Explorer

1. Open your web browser. The process for viewing source code is the same on Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer.
   
2. Navigate to a webpage. This must be a page whose source code you want to view.
   
3. Right-click on the page. If you’re using a Mac computer with a one-button mouse, you can hold down and click instead. If you’re on a laptop with a trackpad, you can use two fingers to click the page instead. This will open a drop-down menu.
   
   • Do not right-click on a link or photo while doing this, otherwise the wrong menu will appear.
4. or click Doing so will display your browser’s source code in a new window or at the bottom of the current window.
   
   • You’ll see view page source for chrome and firefox, and view source For Microsoft Edge and Internet Explorer.
   • You can also press (PC) or (Mac) to display the source code.

[Edit]Safari

1. Open Safari. It’s a blue, compass-shaped app.
   
2. Click. It’s in the upper-left side of your Mac’s menu bar. Doing so opens a drop-down menu.
   
3. Click. This option is in the middle of the drop-down menu.
   
4. Click on the tab. It’s in the upper-right corner of the Preferences window.
   
5. Check the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” box. This option is at the bottom of the Preferences window. you should see a develop The menu appears in your Mac’s menu bar.
   
6. Navigate to a webpage. This must be a page whose source code you want to view.
   
7. Click. it’s on the left side of the menu window menu in your Mac’s menu bar.
   
8. Click. It’s at the bottom of the drop-down menu. Clicking this option will prompt Safari to display the source code of the webpage.
   
   • You can also press to display the source code.

[Edit]on wiki

1. Navigate to the page for which you want to view the wiki source code.
   
2. Click on the “View Source” or “Edit” tab.
   
3. Scroll through the source and select/copy the code you want to copy to your site.
   

[Edit]Advice

• While you typically can’t view the source code on a mobile browser, you can save a Safari bookmark on the iPhone or iPad to view the mobile Safari source code.

[Edit]Warning

• Be wary of downloading third-party applications that claim to display the source code of a website.

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