Floating Console Extension and Disable Ctrl Shift C Extension

Two small browser tools built to solve surprisingly annoying developer problems.

2026-05-13 • 3 min read

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Floating Console Extension and Disable Ctrl Shift C Extension

Sometimes the best developer tools are not the giant frameworks or complicated platforms.

Sometimes it is just fixing one annoying thing that interrupts your workflow fifty times a day.

That is basically how these two browser extensions were born.

One keeps your console visible while browsing.
The other saves terminal users from accidentally opening DevTools every few minutes.

Tiny problems. Surprisingly huge relief.

Floating Console Extension

The idea behind the Floating Console Extension was simple.

Why should developers keep opening and closing DevTools just to check logs?

Especially on smaller screens, opening DevTools feels like sacrificing half your browser window to the debugging gods.

So I built a lightweight extension that gives developers a floating console directly on the page.

A console that stays accessible while browsing without constantly resizing windows or switching tabs.

Because debugging should not feel like rearranging furniture every five minutes.

Why I Built It

During development, I constantly found myself:

  • Opening DevTools
  • Checking logs
  • Closing DevTools
  • Reopening DevTools two seconds later
  • Repeating the cycle until questioning my life choices

The Floating Console Extension removes that friction by keeping logs visible in a much more convenient way.

It is especially useful for:

  • Frontend debugging
  • Monitoring logs while testing UI
  • Small screen setups
  • Multi monitor workflows
  • Developers who already have 37 tabs open and refuse to close any of them

Which is basically all of us.

Features

Current functionality includes:

  • Floating in browser overlay
  • Easy console visibility
  • Lightweight design
  • Quick debugging access
  • Minimal interruption to workflow

The goal was to keep it simple and useful instead of turning it into another bloated “developer suite”.

Sometimes less really is more.

Disable Ctrl Shift C Extension

If you use Linux terminals regularly, you already know this pain.

You press:

Ctrl + Shift + C

expecting to copy text from a terminal inside the browser...

and suddenly DevTools opens like an uninvited guest.

Again.

And again.

And again.

This shortcut conflict has annoyed developers for years across browsers. :contentReference[oaicite:2]

So instead of accepting defeat, I built a browser extension specifically to disable the 

Ctrl + Shift + C
DevTools shortcut.

Simple problem. Simple fix.

Honestly, this extension exists because muscle memory is stronger than browser defaults.

Why This Matters

For developers using:

  • Browser terminals
  • Cloud IDEs
  • SSH sessions
  • Linux workflows
  • Docker web terminals
  • Remote servers

Ctrl + Shift + C
is commonly used for copy operations.

Unfortunately, browsers love assigning the same shortcut to DevTools inspection.

That creates an endless cycle of accidental DevTools openings during normal work. Mozilla users have been complaining about this behavior for years.

This extension fixes that annoyance directly.

No complicated setup.
No rebuilding browsers from source code.
No weird hacks hidden inside configuration files.

Just install it and stop fighting your keyboard shortcuts.

Building Small Tools That Solve Real Problems

Both of these extensions were built from the same mindset.

Developer experience matters.

Even tiny interruptions become exhausting when repeated hundreds of times every week.

The best tools are often not the flashy ones.
They are the tools that quietly remove friction and let developers focus on actual work.

Or at least reduce the number of times we accidentally open DevTools while trying to copy text.

That alone already feels like progress.

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