# Debug popups / menus

**URL:** <https://community.plotly.com/t/debug-popups-menus/88335>\
**Category:** Dash Python\
**Tags:** tips-and-tricks\
**Created:** [October 30, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/debug-popups-menus/88335 "2024-10-30T06:53:01Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![dashamateur](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/community.plotly.com/dashamateur/32/32181_2.png) [@dashamateur](https://community.plotly.com/u/dashamateur)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 6:53am UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/debug-popups-menus/88335/1 "2024-10-30T06:53:02Z")

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Hey!

I’ve been struggling to debug popups and menus because they kept disappearing whenever I tried to select them in Developer Tools. After some searching, I found a solution that keeps them open.

In Chrome, press **F12** to open Developer Tools. Scroll down to the **Rendering** tab at the bottom of the pane, and look for an option called **Emulate a focused page**. Check this option, and the popups and menus should stay open, making it much easier to inspect them.

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/uploads/plot/original/3X/c/0/c0aee4b49cbfacff209d95470ebca9945eef69b4.png)

Hope this helps!

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**Author:** ![AnnMarieW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ec9cab/32.png) [@AnnMarieW](https://community.plotly.com/u/AnnMarieW)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://community.plotly.com/t/debug-popups-menus/88335/2 "2024-10-30T17:45:52Z")

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@dashamateur

Your timing is immaculate!

Right now I’m working on writing tests for dmc.Select components and you have saved me countless hours of frustration!

Thanks! 🍻