html - How to disable CSS in Browser for testing purposes

Question

Is there any way I can disable all external CSS in a browser (Firefox, Chrome...)?

When using slower internet connection, sometimes only the bare HTML is loaded by the browser without the CSS info. It looks like the page has been laid raw on the screen. You would have noticed this with StackOverflow too.

I want to make sure that my web page shows up OK even if the CSS files are not loaded.

I didn't mean I want to convert external CSS to inline. But I want a way to explicitly disable all CSS from the browser so that I can reposition my elements in a better, readable way.

I know I can remove the <link rel='stylesheet'> entries, but what if I have a lot of linked pages?

Answer 1

In Chrome/Chromium you can do this in the developer console.

1. Bring up the developer console by either ctrl-shift-j or Menu->Tools->Developer Console.
2. Within the developer console browse to the Sources tab.
3. In the top-left corner of this tab is an icon with a disclosure triangle. Click on it.
4. Browse to <domain>→css→<css file you want to eliminate>
5. Highlight all of the text and hit delete.
6. Rinse and repeat for each stylesheet you want to disable.