fserb / vscode-simple-auto-reload

vscode extension to auto reload on save based on Devtool Remote API

Simple Auto Reload

This extension uses the DevTools protocol (available in most browsers) to auto reload a page after saving files.

It requires no browser extension or code changes.

Setup

Make sure your browser is running with remote debugging port enabled.

• Chrome: google-chrome --remote-debugging-port=9222
• Android: adb forward tcp:9222 localabstract:chrome_devtools_remote
• Opera: opera --remote-debugging-port=9222
• Safari (iOS): Install and run iOS WebKit Debug Proxy
• Edge: MicrosoftEdge.exe --devtools-server-port 9222
• Firefox: firefox --remote-debugging-port 9222

Usage

Once the browser is running, use the command Auto Reload: select tab to choose which of the currently open tabs will be reloaded when saving. That's it. Next time you save a file, that tab will reload.

If you want to stop reloading, run the command Auto Reload: stop.

Remote Development Environments

The extension runs locally in the UI environment so is automatically fully compatible with VS Code's Remote Development options provided the browser is on the same machine as the VS Code UI interface.

vscode-simple-auto-reload's Issues

Error running on MacOS

Trying to get this to run on Mac and keep getting this error in vscode:
Command 'Auto Reload: Select tab' resulted in an error (Running the contributed command: 'vscode-simple-auto-reload.selectTab' failed.)

Steps

1. Ran /Applications/FirefoxDeveloperEdition.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox --remote-debugging-port 9222
2. Outputs: DevTools listening on ws://localhost:9222/devtools/browser/bf6eff50-02f8-4340-90c3-38eb53b1be37
3. Ran Auto Reload: Select Tab
4. Outputs: Command 'Auto Reload: Select tab' resulted in an error (Running the contributed command: 'vscode-simple-auto-reload.selectTab' failed.)

I've tried restarting both code and firefox, tried launching them in different orders etc and still not got anywhere.

Any ideas where this might be going wrong?

Introduce delay?

This extension seems to work great.

Am wondering if it would be possible to introduce a customisable delay, e.g. 1.5 seconds - to give a server a chance to recompile for example?