[removed] Let user select an HTML element like Firebug?

Question

I want to write a browser (Chrome/FF) extension that needs to select an element on a web page. I would like it to behave like Firebug\'s element inspector does. You click

Answer 1

I ended up asking in the Firebug group and got some great help:

http://groups.google.com/group/firebug/browse_thread/thread/7d4bd89537cd24e7/2c9483d699efe257?hl=en#2c9483d699efe257