Network Monitor

The Network Monitor shows you all the network requests Firefox makes (for example, when it loads a page, or due to XMLHttpRequests), how long each request takes, and details of each request.

There are a few different ways to open the Network Monitor:

• Press  Ctrl + Shift + E ( Command + Option + E on a Mac).
• Select "Network" from the Web Developer menu, (which is a submenu of the Tools menu on OS X and Linux).
• Click the wrench icon (), which is in the main toolbar or under the Hamburger menu (), then select "Network".

The Network Monitor will appear at the bottom of the browser window. Reload the page to see the requests:

The Network Monitor records network requests any time the Toolbox is open, even if the Network Monitor itself is not selected. This means you can start debugging a page in, for example, the Web Console, then switch to the Network Monitor to see network activity without having to reload the page.

The UI is divided into four main pieces:

• The main screen contains the toolbar, the network request list, and the network request details pane:

• The performance analysis view is a separate screen:

The following articles cover different aspects of using the network monitor:

• Toolbar
• Network request list
• Network request details
• Network traffic recording
• Performance analysis
• Throttling