Live Edit
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Use this page to enable and disable Live Edit in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and configure the appearance of the on-the-fly preview.
Item | Description |
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Update Node.js application on change | Select this checkbox to enable reloading of JavaScript files that are executed by Node.js. Use the spin box to specify the elapsed time for upload, the default value is 300 . |
Update application in Chrome | Select this checkbox to enable on-the-fly preview of HTML and CSS. |
On change in | Select this checkbox to enable Live Edit in JavaScript in addition to HTML and CSS. Set the elapsed time for applying the changes to a running application: accept the default value 300 ms or specify a custom value using the spin box next to the field. The default elapsed time is 300ms . |
Highlight current element in browser on caret change | When this checkbox is selected, the current element is highlighted when you move the cursor. Otherwise, during a debugging session, you have to hold Shift and click the element to highlight. |
Restart if hotswap fails | Select this checkbox to have WebStorm restart the server if automatic upload of changes to the client-side code fails. With changes in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript on the client side, the contents of a Web page in the browser are updated without reloading. For Node.js or Meteor applications, WebStorm first tries to update the application incorporating the changes without restarting the server.
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Last modified: 26 March 2018