Not sycning with modifications made in browser
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I’m an old npp user, and when I used to use it, when you opened a web project on a browser (I’m using firefox) and made some change in it, it asked you if you wanted to sycn your changes made in browser. Now it’s not doing it anymore; is it an option I haven’t found, or does it link with the fact that I’m only “viewing my file” in browser and not executing it? If so, then how do I really execute my file with firefox?
Thanks in advance
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@quelqu2 ,
I don’t remember ever seeing a “do you want to sync your changes” in the browser or in Notepad++… I am not sure how that would have worked either way.
If you have c:\path\to\my.html being edited in Notepad++, and you have file://c/path/to/my.html open in firefox for viewing, if you save changes in Notepad++, then all you have to do is do an F5/Refresh in firefox, and the updated HTML will be read by your browser. If that’s not the situation you have, you will have to describe it better.
(Also, for most definitions of “execute”, HTML does not execute. If you have javascript in your HTML, that will execute in the browser. And some browsers have started refusing – or at least making it harder – to execute javascript opened as a file:// URL, for your “protection”)
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@peterjones that’s the reverse problem I have, I’ll explain better:
I widely prefer to modifiy my CSS in broswer using the “inspect element” thing, as it’s easier to directly see every changes. But before, when I did that and then get back to npp, I was able to sync these changes.
In short, when I modified a file in browser, npp was asking me if I wanted these changes in my file. It prevented me from having to repeat every changes when I was satisfied with a result.It’s not doing it anymore, but with your answer I’m wondering if it has ever been the case… I’m sure I haven’t invented it, as it was pointed you by one of my teacher and we used it a lot in classes.
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Version of N++ you are using?
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@alan-kilborn v.8.1.5
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@quelqu2 ,
Sorry, I didn’t know that browsers would edit CSS files for you.
Notepad++ can watch for changes to files, and ask you to reload. See the Settings > Preferences > MISC which has a section for setting the preferences about File Status Auto-detection – it can choose to not look for the file to change (“Disable”) or enable it for either the current file or for all files; you can also choose whether it silently reloads in Notepad++, or asks your permission every time.
addendum: sometimes even when enabled, that file-status check can take a minute or so before it prompts you… I think notepad++ is just watching the last-modified-time of the file, which only has 1minute accuracy
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@peterjones I’ve just check, it was disabled, now it works just well, thanks!