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A recommendation for a ruler for Google Chrome.

Can anyone recommend a ruler for Google Chrome where I can draw an area on a web page with the mouse (similar to Snipping Tool) and get the dimensions in pixels.

Thanks in advance.

Jeffrey Dake

I have always used MeasureIt, but I think there are a lot of options out there

Jeffrey Dake

Also 99% of the time I just use the developer tools within chrome at the elements tab and go to the compute values. There it shows you the computed values for the elment you have selected in the inspector. Most of the time that is really what I care about when it comes to measuring elements.

Clive Beaton

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Sorry for being dumb but how do I get to developer tools?

Jeffrey Dake

Oh sorry. Right click on the page and click Inspect Element. This will bring up the developer tools page.

Clive Beaton

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Thanks, Jeffrey, but the Inspect Element route was a bit complicated for me. I wanted something where I could draw a rectangle on screen and see the dimensions.

I looked up Measureit but it's getting some bad reviews since being taken over by another organisation.

Clive

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Clive Beaton

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Perfect. Thank you very much.