JS Path

I am going through chrome dev tools docs, there is this "Copy JS Path" that they are telling to copy. I also pasted it in a console which evaluated to an expression. But I dont understand what exactly is a JS Path and why we copy it. I googled but still cant find anything... LINK: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/dom/#path
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3 Replies
b1mind
b1mind3mo ago
Honestly its bad naming on their part. All it is doing is exactly what that link states. Its giving you a querySelector('') prefilled with the selector "path". https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Document/querySelector
glutonium
glutonium3mo ago
it should instead be named something like "copy css selector" or something
brr
brr3mo ago
thanks i get it now it was just confusing calling it "js path" also firefox doesnt have this option, smart it has copy css selector and css path which is all we need
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