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The view source doesn't exist on my Mac, where do I find it?

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To be able to view the source code of a webpage under Safari, you first need to enable the Developer menu: Click on Safari menu > Preferences > Advanced. Check "Show Develop menu in menu bar" Close the Preferences window Go to the Develop menu > Show Page Source

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How do I view the source code of an image on a page without seeing the code for the whole page?

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Right-click on the image and select "Inspect" from the available options.

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How do I create HTML source code for an image that I have on my computer?

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Add the image location on your computer to the source code. Make sure the file is available and then run.

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To display an image, there must be code specifying the position and the equivalent of a hex value for each pixel. How to view this code?

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You need to find the image file and download it first. You can then look at its "source code" by opening it in a text editor. But it will usually appear to you as some unreadable combination of characters. The first reason for this is that the image uses binary numbers, and the text editor interprets each byte as a character with that Unicode/ASCII/encoding-you-use value. A solution to that is hexdump. The second reason is that many image formats compress the image somehow. So not every number combination actually represents a pixel. So either inform yourself about your image's format and how to decompress it, or use a format that doesn't compress in the first place, like PNM, not like PNG.

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How do I view the source code before an automatic redirect moves me when trying to view source code?

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There are two things that may have happened: 1. Forced server side redirect: There's nothing to do about it. 2. Client side redirect: Make a hyperlink to the Web page, then right click the link and download the file. Open with a text editor.

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