The Secret Trick to Customizing Console Logs with CSS
Tired of boring, plain-text console logs? Did you know you can style your browser’s console output with colors, custom fonts, backgrounds, and even animations—all using a simple JavaScript trick? In this post, you’ll learn how to use the %c formatter to apply CSS styling to console.log() messages, making debugging more visually intuitive and even fun! ✨ Why Style Console Logs? Before we dive into the code, here’s why you should care: ✅ Highlight important logs (errors in red, warnings in yellow) ✅ Organize debug output (API calls vs. state changes) ✅ Make debugging more enjoyable (because who doesn’t love colors?)

Tired of boring, plain-text console logs? Did you know you can style your browser’s console output with colors, custom fonts, backgrounds, and even animations—all using a simple JavaScript trick?
In this post, you’ll learn how to use the %c
formatter to apply CSS styling to console.log()
messages, making debugging more visually intuitive and even fun!
✨ Why Style Console Logs?
Before we dive into the code, here’s why you should care:
✅ Highlight important logs (errors in red, warnings in yellow)
✅ Organize debug output (API calls vs. state changes)
✅ Make debugging more enjoyable (because who doesn’t love colors?)