Install and turn on

Install#

Nitpique is coming to the Chrome Web Store and Firefox Add-ons. It runs in Chrome 116 and later (and in Edge, Brave, Arc and other Chromium browsers) and in Firefox 140 and later.

Turn it on#

Nitpique only ever runs on a tab where you turn it on, and it reads nothing until you do. Use any of these:

• Click the Nitpique icon in the browser toolbar.
• Press Alt⌥+Shift⇧+M.
• Right-click the page and choose Inspect with Nitpique.

The toolbar icon shows whether Nitpique is on for the current tab, in a version that suits a light or dark toolbar. Reloading the tab turns it off.

Your first minute#

1. Turn Nitpique on. A bar appears at the bottom of the page, with Inspect already chosen.
2. Move the pointer over the page. Each element shows its box model, the same colours as browser DevTools, with its size.
3. Click an element to select it, then hover another one to see the gap between them.
4. Open the side panel (the button at the right of the bar) to read the selection's CSS, contrast and the page's own details.
5. Press Esc until Nitpique turns off. The page is exactly as it was.

Every feature is described in the pages that follow, grouped by what you want to do. The shortcuts page lists every key in one place.

Turn it off#

Press Esc to step back one thing at a time: it cancels an area capture, then releases a guide, leaves the colour picker, removes a pin, clears the selection, and finally turns Nitpique off. You can also click Turn off on the bar, the toolbar icon, or press Alt⌥+Shift⇧+M again. Turning it off closes the side panel and leaves the page exactly as it was.