In any programming language, I can trace any function and know which function is called by other. But in Javascript , I don’t know how, since the code is not written by me and Firebug does not give this feature – as far as I know.
An example :
I want to display the function names of each function that is called when clicking on XYZ Element, and display them in order.
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Answer
Found this: A javascript stacktrace in any browser, James says they have a github account now
function printStackTrace() {
var callstack = [];
var isCallstackPopulated = false;
try {
i.dont.exist+=0; //doesn't exist- that's the point
} catch(e) {
if (e.stack) { //Firefox
var lines = e.stack.split('n');
for (var i=0, len=lines.length; i<len; i++) {
if (lines[i].match(/^s*[A-Za-z0-9-_$]+(/)) {
callstack.push(lines[i]);
}
}
//Remove call to printStackTrace()
callstack.shift();
isCallstackPopulated = true;
}
else if (window.opera && e.message) { //Opera
var lines = e.message.split('n');
for (var i=0, len=lines.length; i<len; i++) {
if (lines[i].match(/^s*[A-Za-z0-9-_$]+(/)) {
var entry = lines[i];
//Append next line also since it has the file info
if (lines[i+1]) {
entry += " at " + lines[i+1];
i++;
}
callstack.push(entry);
}
}
//Remove call to printStackTrace()
callstack.shift();
isCallstackPopulated = true;
}
}
if (!isCallstackPopulated) { //IE and Safari
var currentFunction = arguments.callee.caller;
while (currentFunction) {
var fn = currentFunction.toString();
var fname = fn.substring(fn.indexOf("function") + 8, fn.indexOf('')) || 'anonymous';
callstack.push(fname);
currentFunction = currentFunction.caller;
}
}
output(callstack);
}
function output(arr) {
// Output however you want
alert(arr.join('nn'));
}