diff --git a/pd/nw/index.js b/pd/nw/index.js
index cb72431e496c9a3f7d6fd05de0dc36d89733c127..7c266502e8b05b2ee13196613460a9cc0aa63e52 100644
--- a/pd/nw/index.js
+++ b/pd/nw/index.js
@@ -701,6 +701,16 @@ function nw_create_pd_window_menus () {
         tooltip: l("menu.forums_tt")
     }));
 
+    helpMenu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
+        label: l("menu.devtools"),
+        click: function() {
+            gui.Window.get().showDevTools();
+        },
+        key: "b",
+        modifiers: "ctrl",
+        tooltip: l("menu.devtools_tt")
+    }));
+
     //helpMenu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
     //    label: l("menu.irc"),
     //    click: function() {
@@ -732,7 +742,7 @@ function nw_create_window(cid, type, width, height, xpos, ypos, menu_flag,
     var new_win = gui.Window.open(my_file, {
         title: my_title,
         position: "center",
-        toolbar: true,
+        toolbar: false,
         focus: true,
         width: width,
         height: height,
diff --git a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
index c82958891da3fe9906c99694295037d193f3b764..900b4de4bae8e4bd659b6f4241f3ff4e6a4df1a4 100644
--- a/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
+++ b/pd/nw/locales/en/translation.json
@@ -229,7 +229,9 @@
     "forums": "Forums",
     "forums_tt": "Open a link in a browser for the Pd Forum",
     "irc": "IRC Chat",
-    "irc_tt": "Open a link in a browser for IRC Chat"
+    "irc_tt": "Open a link in a browser for IRC Chat",
+    "devtools": "Show DevTools",
+    "devtools_tt": "Show the DevTools window (for debugging)"
   },
   "canvas": {
     "prop": {
diff --git a/pd/nw/package.json b/pd/nw/package.json
index de61b251c46c28907a3f4646afa2f2511de9b79e..a668d0d5a4f7a07e51d40a4515d107e501a71fd8 100644
--- a/pd/nw/package.json
+++ b/pd/nw/package.json
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
   "version": "0.1.0",
   "main": "index.html",
   "window": {
-      "toolbar": true
+    "toolbar": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
index 174e7cfb0a3eda7118f95764bd99cc40d5dae8ef..3993ebb32107688af0b6b0abbaf33cedc8821947 100644
--- a/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
+++ b/pd/nw/pd_canvas.js
@@ -1334,6 +1334,16 @@ function nw_create_patch_window_menus(name) {
         tooltip: l("menu.irc_tt"),
     }));
 
+    helpMenu.append(new gui.MenuItem({
+        label: l("menu.devtools"),
+        key: "b",
+        modifiers: "ctrl",
+        click: function () {
+            gui.Window.get().showDevTools();
+        },
+        tooltip: l("menu.devtools_tt"),
+    }));
+
     // Assign to window
     gui.Window.get().menu = windowMenu;