Chrome Developer tool: html script is blank (in source) debugging tutorial

debugging, developer-tools, google-chrome

Solution

in my case the order helped was

- close the blank tab in sources

- close dev tools

- open dev tools

- open the tab in sources(its still blank)

- refresh page

Problem

I am doing the Chrome debugging tutorial, using NetBeans and Google Chrome. Everything, including extensions, seems to work correctly, but when I get to section `Use the Debugger`, I cannot see the html code to insert a breakpoint. After selecting inspect popup on the browser, it opens in Console, showing nothing, Elements shows popup.html with images added. When I go to Sources, the file popup.html can be opened, but the only line, Line 1, is blank. If I open the js file, the js file is there and can be edited (break pointed). I am sorry - probably something basic, but I'm not very experienced with this. I've tried reloading and refreshing everything. FOLLOW-UP: By entering `location.reload(true)` into the Console prompt, the popup.html file became visible as Source! Why? No idea. I hope this saves someone the full day I spent stumbling around.

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