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console.log Hijack

```
const log = console.log;
```

const consoleUI = document.body.appendChild(

```
  document.createElement('div')
```
```
);
```
```
document.body.style.margin = 0;
```
```
Object.assign(consoleUI.style, {
```
```
  position: 'fixed',
```
```
  bottom: 0,
```
```
  width: '100%',
```
```
  height: '30%',
```
```
  maxHeight: '450px',
```
```
  minHeight: '200px',
```
```
  background: 'rgb(68, 68, 81)',
```
```
  overflow: 'scroll'
```
```
});
```
```
function consoleRow(str) {
```

  const row = document.createElement('div');

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  consoleUI.prepend(row);
```
```
  row.innerText = str;
```
```
  Object.assign(row.style, {
```
```
    padding: '.5em',
```
```
    fontFamily: 'sans-serif',
```
```
    color: 'white',
```

    borderBottom: '1px solid rgba(255, 255, 255, .1)',

```
    whiteSpace: 'pre-wrap'
```
```
  });
```
```
}
```
```
 
```
```
console.log = (...args) => {
```
```
  const formatted = args.map(val => {
```
```
    return typeof val === 'object' ? 
```

      JSON.stringify(val, null, 2) : val;

```
  });
```
```
  consoleRow(formatted.join(' '));
```
```
  log.apply(console, args);
```
```
};
```
```
 
```
```
// test it out
```
```
 
```
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console.log(1, 2, 3, 4);
```
```
console.log(new Date());
```
```
 
```
```
const someObject = {
```
```
  test: 123,
```
```
  testing: { x: 1, y: 2, z: 3 }
```
```
};
```
```
console.log(someObject);
```
```
 
```
```
console.log(3, 2, 1, 0);
```

I’m thinking about adding a little fake console to the Snippet Zone Quick Editor – just whipped this up as a proof of concept – something like this should work…

August 30, 2021

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