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What and why

Selection only went one way, from the Elements panel to Components. This adds the other direction for #164.

  • Page side: component-source.ts reads ɵcmp.debugInfo (filePath, 1-based lineNumber, dev builds only) into detail.source, and installs __pangularHostOf / __pangularClassOf helpers scoped to the page id, only when the components inspector is on. No DOM writes.
  • Extension: panel-actions.js handles pangular:reveal-element (inspect(host)) and pangular:open-source (matches the file against getResources() and calls openResource, falling back to inspect(class)). Ids and page ids are validated, and only the UI frame on our origin can send.
  • Panel: the Components detail header shows file:line (debugInfo first, then the source scan), plus Reveal in Elements and Open source buttons, only inside the extension with a connected page (not Angular Native or a static report). Failures show in a status line.
  • Docs: components inspector, Chrome extension guide and the contributing extension page.

Refs #164

How it was verified

  • pnpm commit:check, pnpm format:check, pnpm typecheck, pnpm skills:check
  • pnpm test:devtools (1182) and pnpm test:panel (114)
  • pnpm docs:build, pnpm test:axe
  • pnpm extension:build and extension/ui committed
  • Manual test in real Chrome (below), not done yet, which is why this is a draft

Manual test

  1. pnpm build --configuration development && node dist/pangular-inspector/server/server.mjs, reload the unpacked extension/ (its ID is now the pinned dcogniffeelebaolkkfbopmjcblhblfk; if Chrome kept the old card, remove it and load extension/ again), open http://localhost:4000, then DevTools > Pangular Inspector > Components.
  2. Select a component: the header shows src/app/...ts:N and the two buttons. Reveal in Elements should select its host in Elements.
  3. Open source should open the .ts file at the export class line in Sources. If it's one line off, adjust line - 1 in extension/panel-actions.js; if compiled JS opens, getResources() doesn't list source-mapped files and the class fallback ran.
  4. The buttons don't show at http://localhost:4000/__devframes/pangular/ in a normal tab.

Decisions to confirm

  • Open source shows even without debugInfo, because the class fallback still works (the issue said to hide it).
  • The buttons aren't gated by actions: they don't change app state, add no RPC or agent tool. They need the components inspector on.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • New Features
    • Added Chrome DevTools actions to reveal a selected component in Elements and open its source in Sources. When source-mapped files are unavailable, the extension can fall back to the component’s class.
    • Component details can display source file and line information when available.
  • Documentation
    • Updated the extension and component-inspection guides with action availability, source information, and fallback behavior.

…ts source

Selection only went from the Elements panel to Components. The Components detail now shows the component's file and line from Angular's dev debugInfo, and, inside the Chrome extension, Reveal in Elements selects its host element and Open source opens the file in Sources, falling back to the class definition.

Refs pangular-inspector#164
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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The component inspector now reports source locations and offers Chrome DevTools actions to reveal a component host or open its source. The extension panel validates and handles those requests, using class inspection when source-file opening is unavailable.

Changes

Component DevTools navigation

Layer / File(s) Summary
Component source metadata and lookups
packages/devtools/src/types.ts, packages/devtools/src/component-source.ts, packages/devtools/src/component-tree.ts, packages/devtools/src/overlay.ts, packages/devtools/src/devframe.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/component-source.test.ts, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/overlay-*.test.ts
Component details now include valid source file and line data from Angular debug metadata. The overlay installs page-scoped host and class lookups and registers their cleanup. Tests cover source validation, lookups, and cleanup.
Panel action handling
extension/panel-actions.js, extension/panel-bridge.js, extension/panel.html, packages/devtools/src/__tests__/extension-panel-*.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/contributing/chrome-extension.md
The panel validates reveal and source-opening requests, matches source resources, and uses DevTools APIs to inspect hosts or open files. Source requests fall back to class inspection. The bridge checks the frame and origin and returns action results.
Component tree actions and request bridge
app/src/extension-bridge.ts, app/src/pages/component-tree.ts, app/src/__tests__/extension-actions.test.ts, apps/docs/src/content/getting-started/chrome-extension.md, apps/docs/src/content/inspectors/components.md, extension/ui/index.html, extension/ui/assets/browser-agent-rpc-BXhoSh1z-D56mkq13.js
The component tree displays source locations and conditionally provides reveal and open-source buttons. The extension bridge validates correlated replies and times out after six seconds. Documentation describes source-location availability and action fallbacks; the extension UI points to the updated bundle.

Priority: ➖ Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes

Change: Feature

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant ComponentTree
  participant ExtensionBridge
  participant PanelBridge
  participant PanelActions
  participant DevToolsAPI
  ComponentTree->>ExtensionBridge: Send reveal or open-source request
  ExtensionBridge->>PanelBridge: Post request to parent window
  PanelBridge->>PanelActions: Validate and dispatch request
  PanelActions->>DevToolsAPI: Evaluate page or open source resource
  DevToolsAPI-->>PanelActions: Return action result
  PanelActions-->>PanelBridge: Return request result
  PanelBridge-->>ExtensionBridge: Post reply to frame
  ExtensionBridge-->>ComponentTree: Resolve action result
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Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to 63f4a

This adds Reveal in Elements and Open source actions for components in the Chrome extension. No concrete merge-blocking risk was found. Manual testing in real Chrome was not done, which is normal for a draft.

Security Architecture Review

Security architecture risk: 🔵 Low · up to 63f4a

The new navigation path checks the sending frame and origin, validates identifiers, and limits resource selection to the inspected tab. No security vulnerability was established. Navigation during an in-flight action remains insufficiently verified, so the assessment is not minimal.

Retained concerns
No architecture-level concerns identified.

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Security Blast Radius

  • inferred — The traced navigation authority is scoped to the current DevTools inspected-tab context. Resource matching may select an external-origin resource already in that tab's inventory, but the request cannot supply an arbitrary URL directly to openResource.

Trust Boundaries and Controls

  • observed — The panel accepts commands only from its exact embedded UI Window at the panel origin. The UI accepts results only from its parent at the same origin with the expected result type and request ID.
  • observed — The handler allows two fixed action types and bounded identifier strings. Evaluated code uses fixed helper names with JSON-stringified IDs. Page helpers reject mismatched page IDs and resolve only connected registered elements; these helper checks do not govern the resource-opening branch.

Resilience and Maintainability Implications

  • observed — The new helpers are installed only when the components inspector is enabled and registered with overlay cleanup. Cleanup deletes only functions still owned by that installation. Overlay replacement, repeated disposal and initialization failure use the same cleanup mechanism.

Hardening Proposals

  • proposed — Bind pending actions to an inspected-page generation and reject stale continuations before opening resources or running fallback inspection. Verify navigation and timeout races in real Chrome. This would strengthen page-identity containment; it is not a verified vulnerability finding.
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Chrome lists each component's styles under a URL that ends in the same .ts path, so Open source could pick the style sheet instead of the script.
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Comment thread extension/panel-bridge.js
A large file can take more than a second to open, and the early timeout then also ran the class fallback, so DevTools jumped twice.

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The panel gave up after 3 seconds while the bridge can wait that long for Sources alone, so a slow open reported a timeout although it worked.
The extension page still said the UI gives up after 3 seconds, which changed in the previous commit.
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