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How does GMail display the sidebar?

Do you know, for example, "Write mail", "Inbox", "Sent mail", etc., on the left side when you download GMail? I searched for "Create Mail" in the page source and got nothing.

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Gmail's interface uses JavaScript to dynamically load large amounts of content. This explains why you can't see "Write Mail".



If you want to see what the final HTML document looks like, here's my method:

Install Firefox extension "Web Developer" Click "Tools"> "Web Developer"> "View Source"> "View Generated Source"
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All Javascript. You can get this information yourself here: if you are not already using Firefox, download it and then install the Firebug extension.Among other features, it will allow you to click on any component of the page and show you the corresponding location in the source, not just the original source of the page. but source after all Javascript took effect.



In fact, if you are using Internet Explorer, the IE developer toolbar (included in IE 8) does something similar, although I haven't used it myself.

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