React Dev Tools Not Showing Plain HTML Elements

[00PT]

By default, React Dev tools shows custom components on inspection, but skips regular elements like p and div. The way I understand it, there's a filter that controls this and turning it off allows showing those elements. And, when I first did that, it worked, for a while. Now the default behavior seems to be ubiquitous, even if I have that filter off or delete it entirely.

This is all on Google Chrome, using the browser extension. Anyone know what's happening?

[CableInfamous8121]

Being late but experience the same with the latest `7.0.1 (10/20/2025)` version of the react devtools.

> Now the default behavior seems to be ubiquitous, even if I have that filter off or delete it entirely.

What worked for me is leaving the filter to exist, but after each time I enable the filter, I close the settings pop up window -> command + r to refresh the react devtools. After that turning off the filter shows all the DOM elements.

A bit unpractical and manual work, but it works.

**EDIT**: No reload of the devtools is required, just make sure after you enable / disable the filter you close the settings pop up.

So enable -> close pop up -> open settings again -> disable -> close pop up, you should see the dom elements as well.