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Screen Ruler

Screen Ruler is a powerful Chrome extension designed for web developers and designers to inspect elements, measure distances, extract assets, and validate designs dire…

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Who it's for

Measure, inspect, and extract web elements with precision

Who should look elsewhere

Advanced features are locked behind a one-time purchase.

Pros

  • +Consolidates multiple design and development tools into one extension.
  • +Provides comprehensive inspection and measurement capabilities for web elements.
  • +Includes advanced features for accessibility, SEO, and responsive design testing.
  • +Offers a Pro version with powerful asset extraction and CSS visualization tools.
  • +Trusted by a large user base of developers and designers.

Cons

  • −Advanced features are locked behind a one-time purchase.
  • −Only available as a Chrome extension, limiting browser compatibility.

Key features

  • ✓Element Inspection (sizes, margins, paddings, tag names, IDs, classes)
  • ✓Distance Measurement between elements
  • ✓Computed CSS viewing and copying
  • ✓Page Rulers (horizontal and vertical guides with crosshair)
  • ✓Color Picker (eyedropper tool)
  • ✓Parent/Child Element Selection with keyboard shortcuts
  • ✓Element Screenshots with margins and measurements
  • ✓Accessibility Issues detection (WCAG contrast failures)

Pricing

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