Inspect popup for debugging chrome extension

Question

I have downloaded Page redder extension from http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/samples.html but when I right click on the icon of this extension ,I do not see inspect popup.This needs to be enabled to debug the extension.Can anyone throw light on what could be the issue? Thanks

Answer 1

To enable the Inspect popup option in chrome extension context menu,

Insert default_popup property under browser_action in manifest.json of your extension package.

Example: "default_popup": "popup.html"

Ref: Page Action and manifest.json

Answer 2

To enable the Inspect pop-up option, you have to enable Developer mode on the chrome://extensions page.