diff --git a/src/browserContext.ts b/src/browserContext.ts
index ea02a152ad..6b32bfb26c 100644
--- a/src/browserContext.ts
+++ b/src/browserContext.ts
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import { Download } from './download';
 import { BrowserBase } from './browser';
 import { Log, InnerLogger, Logger, RootLogger } from './logger';
 import { FunctionWithSource } from './frames';
+import * as debugSupport from './debug/debugSupport';
 
 export type PersistentContextOptions = {
   viewport?: types.Size | null,
@@ -95,6 +96,10 @@ export abstract class BrowserContextBase extends ExtendedEventEmitter implements
     this._closePromise = new Promise(fulfill => this._closePromiseFulfill = fulfill);
   }
 
+  async _initialize() {
+    await debugSupport.installConsoleHelpers(this);
+  }
+
   protected _abortPromiseForEvent(event: string) {
     return event === Events.BrowserContext.Close ? super._abortPromiseForEvent(event) : this._closePromise;
   }
diff --git a/src/chromium/crBrowser.ts b/src/chromium/crBrowser.ts
index fd5f1bc822..a83967f8af 100644
--- a/src/chromium/crBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/chromium/crBrowser.ts
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export class CRBrowserContext extends BrowserContextBase {
 
   async _initialize() {
     assert(!Array.from(this._browser._crPages.values()).some(page => page._browserContext === this));
-    const promises: Promise<any>[] = [];
+    const promises: Promise<any>[] = [ super._initialize() ];
     if (this._browser._options.downloadsPath) {
       promises.push(this._browser._session.send('Browser.setDownloadBehavior', {
         behavior: this._options.acceptDownloads ? 'allowAndName' : 'deny',
diff --git a/src/debug/debugSupport.ts b/src/debug/debugSupport.ts
index a186d89904..af7456866c 100644
--- a/src/debug/debugSupport.ts
+++ b/src/debug/debugSupport.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,13 @@
 
 import * as sourceMap from './sourceMap';
 import { getFromENV } from '../helper';
+import { BrowserContextBase } from '../browserContext';
+import { Frame } from '../frames';
+import { Events } from '../events';
+import { Page } from '../page';
+import { parseSelector } from '../selectors';
+import * as types from '../types';
+import InjectedScript from '../injected/injectedScript';
 
 let debugMode: boolean | undefined;
 export function isDebugMode(): boolean {
@@ -45,3 +52,96 @@ export async function generateSourceMapUrl(functionText: string, generatedText:
   const sourceMapUrl = await sourceMap.generateSourceMapUrl(functionText, generatedText);
   return sourceMapUrl || generateSourceUrl();
 }
+
+export async function installConsoleHelpers(context: BrowserContextBase) {
+  if (!isDebugMode())
+    return;
+  const installInFrame = async (frame: Frame) => {
+    try {
+      const mainContext = await frame._mainContext();
+      const injectedScript = await mainContext.injectedScript();
+      await injectedScript.evaluate(installPlaywrightObjectOnWindow, parseSelector.toString());
+    } catch (e) {
+    }
+  };
+  context.on(Events.BrowserContext.Page, (page: Page) => {
+    installInFrame(page.mainFrame());
+    page.on(Events.Page.FrameNavigated, installInFrame);
+  });
+}
+
+function installPlaywrightObjectOnWindow(injectedScript: InjectedScript, parseSelectorFunctionString: string) {
+  const parseSelector: (selector: string) => types.ParsedSelector =
+      new Function('...args', 'return (' + parseSelectorFunctionString + ')(...args)') as any;
+
+  const highlightContainer = document.createElement('div');
+  highlightContainer.style.cssText = 'position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; pointer-events: none; overflow: visible; z-index: 10000;';
+
+  function checkSelector(parsed: types.ParsedSelector) {
+    for (const {name} of parsed.parts) {
+      if (!injectedScript.engines.has(name))
+        throw new Error(`Unknown engine "${name}"`);
+    }
+  }
+
+  function highlightElements(elements: Element[] = [], target?: Element) {
+    const scrollLeft = document.scrollingElement ? document.scrollingElement.scrollLeft : 0;
+    const scrollTop = document.scrollingElement ? document.scrollingElement.scrollTop : 0;
+    highlightContainer.textContent = '';
+    for (const element of elements) {
+      const rect = element.getBoundingClientRect();
+      const highlight = document.createElement('div');
+      highlight.style.position = 'absolute';
+      highlight.style.left = (rect.left + scrollLeft) + 'px';
+      highlight.style.top = (rect.top + scrollTop) + 'px';
+      highlight.style.height = rect.height + 'px';
+      highlight.style.width = rect.width + 'px';
+      highlight.style.pointerEvents = 'none';
+      if (element === target) {
+        highlight.style.background = 'hsla(30, 97%, 37%, 0.3)';
+        highlight.style.border = '3px solid hsla(30, 97%, 37%, 0.6)';
+      } else {
+        highlight.style.background = 'hsla(120, 100%, 37%, 0.3)';
+        highlight.style.border = '3px solid hsla(120, 100%, 37%, 0.8)';
+      }
+      highlight.style.borderRadius = '3px';
+      highlightContainer.appendChild(highlight);
+    }
+    document.body.appendChild(highlightContainer);
+  }
+
+  function $(selector: string): (Element | undefined) {
+    if (typeof selector !== 'string')
+      throw new Error(`Usage: playwright.query('Playwright >> selector').`);
+    const parsed = parseSelector(selector);
+    checkSelector(parsed);
+    const elements = injectedScript.querySelectorAll(parsed, document);
+    highlightElements(elements, elements[0]);
+    return elements[0];
+  }
+
+  function $$(selector: string): Element[] {
+    if (typeof selector !== 'string')
+      throw new Error(`Usage: playwright.$$('Playwright >> selector').`);
+    const parsed = parseSelector(selector);
+    checkSelector(parsed);
+    const elements = injectedScript.querySelectorAll(parsed, document);
+    highlightElements(elements);
+    return elements;
+  }
+
+  function inspect(selector: string) {
+    if (typeof (window as any).inspect !== 'function')
+      return;
+    if (typeof selector !== 'string')
+      throw new Error(`Usage: playwright.inspect('Playwright >> selector').`);
+    highlightElements();
+    (window as any).inspect($(selector));
+  }
+
+  function clear() {
+    highlightContainer.remove();
+  }
+
+  (window as any).playwright = { $, $$, inspect, clear };
+}
diff --git a/src/firefox/ffBrowser.ts b/src/firefox/ffBrowser.ts
index f3aeef1a8c..9e3b404a83 100644
--- a/src/firefox/ffBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/firefox/ffBrowser.ts
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ export class FFBrowserContext extends BrowserContextBase {
   async _initialize() {
     assert(!this._ffPages().length);
     const browserContextId = this._browserContextId || undefined;
-    const promises: Promise<any>[] = [];
+    const promises: Promise<any>[] = [ super._initialize() ];
     if (this._browser._options.downloadsPath) {
       promises.push(this._browser._connection.send('Browser.setDownloadOptions', {
         browserContextId,
diff --git a/src/injected/injectedScript.ts b/src/injected/injectedScript.ts
index c0e0a15b85..36203b985d 100644
--- a/src/injected/injectedScript.ts
+++ b/src/injected/injectedScript.ts
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ export default class InjectedScript {
     if (!element || !element.isConnected)
       return { status: 'notconnected' };
     element = element.closest('button, [role=button]') || element;
-    let hitElement = this._deepElementFromPoint(document, point.x, point.y);
+    let hitElement = this.deepElementFromPoint(document, point.x, point.y);
     while (hitElement && hitElement !== element)
       hitElement = this._parentElementOrShadowHost(hitElement);
     return { status: 'success', value: hitElement === element };
@@ -408,7 +408,7 @@ export default class InjectedScript {
       return (element.parentNode as ShadowRoot).host;
   }
 
-  private _deepElementFromPoint(document: Document, x: number, y: number): Element | undefined {
+  deepElementFromPoint(document: Document, x: number, y: number): Element | undefined {
     let container: Document | ShadowRoot | null = document;
     let element: Element | undefined;
     while (container) {
diff --git a/src/selectors.ts b/src/selectors.ts
index 4ae224bb40..97a99239d7 100644
--- a/src/selectors.ts
+++ b/src/selectors.ts
@@ -160,66 +160,73 @@ export class Selectors {
 
   private _parseSelector(selector: string): types.ParsedSelector {
     assert(helper.isString(selector), `selector must be a string`);
-    let index = 0;
-    let quote: string | undefined;
-    let start = 0;
-    const result: types.ParsedSelector = { parts: [] };
-    const append = () => {
-      const part = selector.substring(start, index).trim();
-      const eqIndex = part.indexOf('=');
-      let name: string;
-      let body: string;
-      if (eqIndex !== -1 && part.substring(0, eqIndex).trim().match(/^[a-zA-Z_0-9-+:*]+$/)) {
-        name = part.substring(0, eqIndex).trim();
-        body = part.substring(eqIndex + 1);
-      } else if (part.length > 1 && part[0] === '"' && part[part.length - 1] === '"') {
-        name = 'text';
-        body = part;
-      } else if (part.length > 1 && part[0] === "'" && part[part.length - 1] === "'") {
-        name = 'text';
-        body = part;
-      } else if (/^\(*\/\//.test(part)) {
-        // If selector starts with '//' or '//' prefixed with multiple opening
-        // parenthesis, consider xpath. @see https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/817
-        name = 'xpath';
-        body = part;
-      } else {
-        name = 'css';
-        body = part;
-      }
-      name = name.toLowerCase();
-      let capture = false;
-      if (name[0] === '*') {
-        capture = true;
-        name = name.substring(1);
-      }
+    const parsed = parseSelector(selector);
+    for (const {name} of parsed.parts) {
       if (!this._builtinEngines.has(name) && !this._engines.has(name))
         throw new Error(`Unknown engine "${name}" while parsing selector ${selector}`);
-      result.parts.push({ name, body });
-      if (capture) {
-        if (result.capture !== undefined)
-          throw new Error(`Only one of the selectors can capture using * modifier`);
-        result.capture = result.parts.length - 1;
-      }
-    };
-    while (index < selector.length) {
-      const c = selector[index];
-      if (c === '\\' && index + 1 < selector.length) {
-        index += 2;
-      } else if (c === quote) {
-        quote = undefined;
-        index++;
-      } else if (!quote && c === '>' && selector[index + 1] === '>') {
-        append();
-        index += 2;
-        start = index;
-      } else {
-        index++;
-      }
     }
-    append();
-    return result;
+    return parsed;
   }
 }
 
 export const selectors = new Selectors();
+
+export function parseSelector(selector: string): types.ParsedSelector {
+  let index = 0;
+  let quote: string | undefined;
+  let start = 0;
+  const result: types.ParsedSelector = { parts: [] };
+  const append = () => {
+    const part = selector.substring(start, index).trim();
+    const eqIndex = part.indexOf('=');
+    let name: string;
+    let body: string;
+    if (eqIndex !== -1 && part.substring(0, eqIndex).trim().match(/^[a-zA-Z_0-9-+:*]+$/)) {
+      name = part.substring(0, eqIndex).trim();
+      body = part.substring(eqIndex + 1);
+    } else if (part.length > 1 && part[0] === '"' && part[part.length - 1] === '"') {
+      name = 'text';
+      body = part;
+    } else if (part.length > 1 && part[0] === "'" && part[part.length - 1] === "'") {
+      name = 'text';
+      body = part;
+    } else if (/^\(*\/\//.test(part)) {
+      // If selector starts with '//' or '//' prefixed with multiple opening
+      // parenthesis, consider xpath. @see https://github.com/microsoft/playwright/issues/817
+      name = 'xpath';
+      body = part;
+    } else {
+      name = 'css';
+      body = part;
+    }
+    name = name.toLowerCase();
+    let capture = false;
+    if (name[0] === '*') {
+      capture = true;
+      name = name.substring(1);
+    }
+    result.parts.push({ name, body });
+    if (capture) {
+      if (result.capture !== undefined)
+        throw new Error(`Only one of the selectors can capture using * modifier`);
+      result.capture = result.parts.length - 1;
+    }
+  };
+  while (index < selector.length) {
+    const c = selector[index];
+    if (c === '\\' && index + 1 < selector.length) {
+      index += 2;
+    } else if (c === quote) {
+      quote = undefined;
+      index++;
+    } else if (!quote && c === '>' && selector[index + 1] === '>') {
+      append();
+      index += 2;
+      start = index;
+    } else {
+      index++;
+    }
+  }
+  append();
+  return result;
+}
diff --git a/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts b/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts
index 5c66d08a01..bfdff190b5 100644
--- a/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts
+++ b/src/webkit/wkBrowser.ts
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ export class WKBrowserContext extends BrowserContextBase {
   async _initialize() {
     assert(!this._wkPages().length);
     const browserContextId = this._browserContextId;
-    const promises: Promise<any>[] = [];
+    const promises: Promise<any>[] = [ super._initialize() ];
     if (this._browser._options.downloadsPath) {
       promises.push(this._browser._browserSession.send('Playwright.setDownloadBehavior', {
         behavior: this._options.acceptDownloads ? 'allow' : 'deny',