Creates a new inline group in the Web Console log. This indents following console messages by an additional level, until console.groupEnd()
is called.
Syntax
console.group([label]);
Parameters
label
- Label for the group. Optional. (Chrome 59 tested) Does not work with
console.groupEnd()
.
Using groups in the console
Requires Gecko 9.0(Firefox 9.0 / Thunderbird 9.0 / SeaMonkey 2.6)You can use nested groups to help organize your output by visually associating related messages. To create a new nested block, call console.group()
. The console.groupCollapsed()
method is similar, but the new block is collapsed and requires clicking a disclosure button to read it.
Note: From Gecko 9 until Gecko 51, the groupCollapsed()
method was the same as group()
. Collapsed groups are fully supported starting in Gecko 52. See bug 1088360.
To exit the current group, call console.groupEnd()
. For example, given this code:
console.log("This is the outer level"); console.group(); console.log("Level 2"); console.group(); console.log("Level 3"); console.warn("More of level 3"); console.groupEnd(); console.log("Back to level 2"); console.groupEnd(); console.log("Back to the outer level");
The output looks like this:
See Using groups in the console in the documentation of console
for more details.
Specifications
Specification | Status | Comment |
---|---|---|
Console API The definition of 'console.group()' in that specification. |
Living Standard | Initial definition |
Browser compatibility
Desktop | Mobile | |||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
group | Chrome Full support 1 | Edge Full support 12 | Firefox Full support 4 | IE Full support 11 | Opera Full support Yes | Safari Full support 4 | WebView Android Full support 37 | Chrome Android Full support 18 | Firefox Android Full support 4 | Opera Android ? | Safari iOS ? | Samsung Internet Android Full support 1.0 |
Legend
- Full support
- Full support
- Compatibility unknown
- Compatibility unknown