How to open Scratchpad in Firefox newest Version 81.0

Question

I am not able to find the option to open the scratchpad in Firefox version 81.0.

Normally it can be opened with Shift-F4. But obviously its not working for the newest version 81.0.

Any hints ?

Answer 1

In the release of Firefox 72.0 (2020-01-07) the Scratchpad feature was removed from Firefox.

Source: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Firefox/Releases/72#developer_tools

I believe there's currently (2024-03-18) no good alternative for Firefox.

Answer 2

Just open console (Ctrl + Shift + K) and switch to multi-line editor mode (Ctrl + B).

See: https://firefox-source-docs.mozilla.org/devtools-user/web_console/the_command_line_interpreter/index.html#Multi-line_mode