How to enable the Protocol Tab in Chrome Dev Tools

Tutorials and Tips

By default, Chrome shows you limited network tabs. With the recent implementation of HTTP/2, I needed a quick way to identify which protocol was in use. So here is a quick tutorial to show you how.

Navigate to the Network tab in Chrome Dev tools and right click on one of the column headers, a list of available tabs should appear. Check the Protocol tab, and enjoy.

Matthew Horne

Matthew is a web developer from the United Kingdom who taught himself PHP and JavaScript and never looked back. If you would like to hire me, shoot me an email.