How to View Source Code

Method 1 of 3:

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Open your web browser. The process for viewing source code on Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Edge, and Internet Explorer is the same.
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Navigate to a webpage. It should be a page whose source code you wish to view.
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Right-click the page. If you’re using a Mac computer with a one-button mouse, you can hold down Control and click instead. If you are on a laptop with a trackpad, you can use two fingers to click the page instead. This will invoke a drop-down menu.
- Don’t right-click a link or a photo when doing this or else the wrong menu will appear.
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Click View page source or View Source. 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 Ctrl+U (PC) or ⌥ Option+⌘ Command+U (Mac) to display the source code.

Method 2 of 3:

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Open Safari. This is a blue, compass-shaped app.
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Click Safari. It’s in the top-left side of your Mac’s menu bar. Doing so invokes a drop-down menu.
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Click Preferences. This option is in the middle of the drop-down menu.
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Click the Advanced tab. It’s in the top-right corner of the Preferences window.
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Check the “Show Develop menu in menu bar” box. This option is near the bottom of the Preferences window. You should see a Develop menu appear in your Mac’s menu bar.
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Navigate to a webpage. It should be a page whose source code you wish to view.
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Click Develop. This menu is to the left of the Window menu in your Mac’s menu bar.
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Click Show Page Source. It’s near the bottom of the drop-down menu. Clicking this option will prompt Safari to display the webpage’s source code.
- You can also press ⌥ Option+⌘ Command+U to display the source code.

Method 3 of 3:

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

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