Trying to open a website such as www.wikipedia.com or google.com in a website within vscode. Is there any extension for this? The only thing I find is preview browsers for looking at html files etc. I am just trying to have web browser open in a separate window such that I can search the web...
I tried couple extension but none work.
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I want to use my IPad to code, but don't want to use the cloud to use VSCode. That's why I use Vscode.dev. I use my GitHub repository to access my files remotely.
Problem is:
When I try to view my HTML site I have no clue how to. All extensions with live servers or code runners are disabled in the web version and I can't click on the HTML file because it is in my repository on Github and not stored manually.
I also don't want to download the zip every time I want to preview my website. Is there any way I can see preview / run my website / code?
I'm thinking about building a vscode extension for Google Tasks. It seems to me the easiest approach is just to embed the Google Tasks website into a webview in vscode. It is my first time developing a vscode extension, I need some pointers on how to do it.
I think these are the problems I need to think through:
How to embed a working website in a webview in vscode?
How to deal with authentications for Google Tasks?
How to tweak the CSS to match the vscode theme?
How to intercept the keyboard events to rebind Google Tasks shortcuts in vscode?
Thanks!
VS Code text editor highlights and allows to follow links, this includes local file URLs:
Ctrl+click opens the file in a new editor tab:
Is it possible to configure VS Code is some way to open the file in default program instead upon ctrl+click / follow link? (e.g. html file in web browser, mp3 in media player etc.)
Any setting, extension or different text markdown will do.
I don't think there is a default way in vscode to set open a file with default program.
However, there are extensions to deal with it. For example: Open in Application
I was wondering if there is a way to see a preview of an webpage page that we are working on in a web browser directly from the Visual Studio Code editor, instead of having to click the file to make it open by the default web browser.
You can open your Visual Studio Code project in a browser window by configuring a gulp task with the node module gulp-open. Then you can run the gulp task from inside Visual Studio Code.
Here's how you might configure the gulp task:
var open = require('gulp-open');
gulp.task('browser', function(){
// Define the source to match the file you wish to open:
gulp.src('./www/index.html')
// Designate the browser you wish the file opened in:
.pipe(open('<%file.path%>', {app: 'google-chrome'}));
});
});
Since we've named our task "browser", from inside Visual Studio Code we can hit command/control P to bring up the command pallet and type task. Then start to type browser. You should see code complete for the full task as you type. Hit return and it will open the your file in the browser you designate. Once the browser is open, you can resize it and Visual Studio Code so that they are side by side. Then as you work you can refresh the browser to see your changes.
You can consult the docs for gulp-open on NPM.
Directly from the editor, there are WYSIWYG editors such as Adobe Dreamweaver, Kompozer, etc. Though these often offer a poor preview of anything beyond simple HTML and CSS (i.e. no JS, no animations, possibly different CSS support).
Using a text editor such as the Visual Studio Code Editor, Sublime Text or vim, there is no such preview function.
Ideally, you'd want to test in the browser (the browsers you'd expect your target audience to be using) to ensure you have an idea of what exactly your visitors will see.
To save time between coding and previewing, you could simply keep the window/tab open in Chrome/Firefox/Edge and refresh after saving the file in the editor.
I'm coding a website and using a Chrome window to view my work. I've tried to copy my changed CSS, so I can save it in my Sublime file, and there doesn't seem to be a way. Any suggestions?
You can actually edit your source files in Chrome.
I.e, you don't need to transfer your changes from Chrome to your editor.
Read this article by Arthur Evans and Tim Statler to learn about workspaces:
http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/developertools/revolutions2013/