Live Edit in Node.js applications
With the Live Edit functionality, the changes you make to your HTML, CSS, or JavaScript code are immediately shown in the browser without reloading the page.
Live Edit works for other file types that contain or generate HTML, CSS, or JavaScript.
By default, Live Edit is enabled only in HTML and CSS files.
Before you start
Make sure you have Node.js on your computer.
Make sure the JavaScript and TypeScript, JavaScript Debugger, and Node.js required plugins are enabled on the Settings | Plugins page, tab Installed. For more information, refer to Managing plugins.
Install and enable the Live Edit plugin on the Settings | Plugins page, tab Marketplace, as described in Installing plugins from JetBrains Marketplace.
Enable Live Edit
Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and then select
.Select Update Node.js application on changes. Specify the time-delay between changing the code in the editor and showing this change in the browser: accept the default value
300 ms
or specify a custom value using the spin box next to the corresponding field.