Can't get rid of webpack-dev-server status bar

Question

I am not able to remove the 'App ready' status bar at the top of my page when building and using the localhost URL provided by webpack-dev-server. Here are the following things I've found and the steps I've taken:

• Noticed the webpack-dev-server GitHub page states there are some issues with Webpack and NodeJS version 7.
  • Uninstalled version 7.2.0 from my machine and installed 6.9.1
• Uninstalled and reinstalled both Webpack and Webpack-dev-server globally using npm.
• Removed and recreated the bundle.js file from my Webpack project.
• Performed a hard refresh, and then cleared all cookies.
• First used Edge, and then tried Chrome.

In all of these tests and reconfigurations, I am using the --inline parameter to run the server. What am I missing?

Answer 1

Check you webpack.config.js for devServer section. They can override you passing options to webpack-dev-server. For example, there could be inline: false that will prevent passing --inline options to webpack-dev-server from CLI.