# Split console

You can use the console alongside other tools. While you're in another tool in the Toolbox, just press {kbd}`Esc` or select the "Show split console" command in the {ref}`Toolbar <tools-toolbox-toolbar>` menu. The toolbox will now appear split, with the original tool above and the web console underneath.

You can close the split console by pressing {kbd}`Esc` again, or by selecting the "Hide split console" menu command.

```{image} split-console.png
:alt: Screenshot highlighting the close button of the split console
:class: border
```

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As usual, `$0` works as a shorthand for the element currently selected in the Inspector:

```{image} split-console-debugger.png
:alt: Screenshot demonstrating how typing in $0 in the split console highlights the
:  currently selected element on the page
:class: center
```

When you use the split console with the debugger, the console's scope is the currently executing stack frame. So if you hit a breakpoint in a function, the scope will be the function's scope. You'll get autocomplete for objects defined in the function, and can easily modify them on the fly:

```{image} split-console-show-debug.png
:alt: Screenshot showing the split console acting within the scope of the paused statement
:class: center
```

Note that you also can disable the split console altogether, open settings in the {ref}`Toolbar <tools-toolbox-toolbar>` menu, and uncheck Enable Split Console under Web Console

```{image} split-console-disable-feature.png
:alt: Screenshot showing the settings item of the Toolbar menu and the Enable Split
:  Console checkbox in the settings
:class: center
```
