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Kent LichtyKent Lichty 

Cannot get View State tab to display in VisualForce custom page

I have created a custom VisualForce page and a custom controller, and I want to be able to examine the view state to see how big it is.  I have read that you can enable a view state tab (or VisualForce developer footer tab) to be displayed and, while I think I have met all of the requirements, no such tab is ever displayed.  I have modified my user settings to check both "Development Mode" and "Show View State in Development Mode".  I have tried in both Classic and Lightning, and have tried logging off and then back in.  Nothing works.  If anybody could tell me what I am doing wrong, I would appreciate it.  Or, if anybody could tell me how to check the view state size in an apex log, that would be great as well.  Thanks very much.
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David Zhu 🔥David Zhu 🔥
When you enabled both settings, view state tab is displayed when you run display a VF Page. like 
https://xxxxxxxx.visual.force.com/apex/yourVFPage
It does not show if using the Salesforce standard UI.

View state tab shows at the bottom of the screen and it looks like this:

User-added image

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David Zhu 🔥David Zhu 🔥
When you enabled both settings, view state tab is displayed when you run display a VF Page. like 
https://xxxxxxxx.visual.force.com/apex/yourVFPage
It does not show if using the Salesforce standard UI.

View state tab shows at the bottom of the screen and it looks like this:

User-added image
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Kent LichtyKent Lichty
Thanks very much David; that worked perfectly!