Live Edit in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Last modified: 06 September 2022

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.

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Live Edit works for other file types that contain or generate HTML, CSS, or JavaScript. You can also use Live Edit when debugging a Node.js application. See Live Edit in Node.js application for details.

By default, Live Edit is enabled only for HTML and CSS files.