Inspecting elements

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What is inspect mode?

Inspect mode lets you click on any element on the page to see its visual properties — dimensions, spacing, typography, colors, and accessibility details. It works in website projects and web app projects, and is available to guests on shared links too.

How to use it

Press I on your keyboard to enter inspect mode (or select it from the mode switcher). Hover over the page to highlight elements, then click to open the inspect sidebar.

Press I again or Escape to exit inspect mode.

What it shows

Layout

  • Width and height
  • Padding (top, right, bottom, left)
  • Margin (top, right, bottom, left)
  • Border radius (each corner)

Typography

  • Font family
  • Font size
  • Font weight
  • Line height
  • Letter spacing
  • Text color

Colors

  • Background color
  • Text color
  • Border color and width (per side)

Accessibility

The Accessibility tab shows:

  • Contrast ratio — the contrast between the element's text and background colors, shown as a ratio (e.g. 4.5:1).
  • AA / AAA status — whether the contrast meets WCAG accessibility standards for normal and large text.
  • Font size check — flags text below 12px as potentially hard to read.

This is useful for catching accessibility issues during design review without needing a separate tool.

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