Firefox Plugin: MeasureIt

Just found a great Firefox plugin which is the perfect tool to make measurements in pixels; MeasureIt! You get a rule which you can be used to find out the width, height or alignment of any element on a page. MeasureIt can be access with a single click and doesn’t need any configuration!

MeasureIt in action

It works really simple:

1. click the MeasureIt button in the status bar to activate /de-activate it
2. Now click and drag out a ruler box
3. click and hold to move the ruler box
4. Arrow Keys to adjust size of ruler box by 1px
5. Arrow Keys + SHIFT to adjust size of ruler box by 5px
6. click and drag bottom right corner of ruler box to resize
7. CTRL + Arrow Keys to nudge ruler by 1px
8. CTRL + SHIFT + Arrow Keys to nudge ruler by 5px
9. click the “X” to close that ruler or click outside of it to begin drawing another ruler
10. ESC key to turn off MeasureIt

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