docs not loading properly in Safari unless Develop Menu is enabled

[frjnn]

Setup

Command issued: cargo doc --open
Safari version: 14.1
MacOS: BigSur 11.3.1

rustup version: 1.24.2
rustc version: 1.52.1

I expected to see the crate's documentation being displayed and formatted properly.

Instead, this happened:

This is not by any means a problem of ndarray, I'm experiencing this with all the crates I've tried so far.

[klensy]

rustc version: 1.5.2

1.52? Try 1.52.1. Press F12 in browser and check any errors (is safari have any dev tools like chrome?)

[frjnn]

My bad! rustc's version is 1.52.1, I also corrected the issue.

[frjnn]

@estebank @klensy enabling the develop menu seems to have solved the issue. Now the documentation loads properly.

What I did:

1. Opened Safari
2. Went to Preferences
3. Went to Advanced Preferences
4. Checked "Show Develop menu in menu bar"

I don't know if this can be closed or not though.

[klensy]

I don't think that docs should require enabling devtools in browser, perhaps you rebooted browsed or OS? I don't have safari, so can't check that issue.

[frjnn]

No, I didn't reboot anything, I didn't even restart Safari, I just enabled the Develop Menu.

[AlvinKuruvilla]

Second, this issue op, been having it for a while now. Wondering if there is a fix or a way to change what browser cargo-doc uses?

[apiraino]

@AlvinKuruvilla I think rustdoc opens the system default browser. Also, is this issue specific to Safari? Do you have any other browser installed that you can temporarily set as default to test this?

[AlvinKuruvilla]

Yes I changed my default browser to brave and now the docs appear correctly, suggesting it is a Safari only issue

[DarrienG]

Confirming this is still an issue in the latest version of rust (1.55.0). Enabling the develop menu fixes it.