How to view my HTML code in browser with Visual St

Question

How to view my HTML code in a browser with the new Microsoft Visual Studio Code?

With Notepad++ you have the option to Run in a browser. How can I do the same thing with Visual Studio Code?

Answer 1

Open custom Chrome with URL from prompt

{
  "version": "2.0.0",
  "tasks": [
    {
      "label": "Open Chrome",
      "type": "process",
      "windows": {
        "command": "${config:chrome.executable}"
      },
      "args": ["--user-data-dir=${config:chrome.profileDir}", "${input:url}"],
      "problemMatcher": []
    }
  ],
  "inputs": [
    {
      "id": "url",
      "description": "Which URL?",
      "default": "http://localhost:8080",
      "type": "promptString"
    }
  ]
}

Open custom Chrome with active file

{
  "label": "Open active file in Chrome",
  "type": "process",
  "command": "chrome.exe",
  "windows": {
    "command": "${config:chrome.executable}"
  },
  "args": ["--user-data-dir=${config:chrome.profileDir}", "${file}"],
  "problemMatcher": []
},

Notes

• if necessary, replace windows property by other OS
• replace ${config:chrome.executable} with your custom chrome location, e.g. "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe"
• replace ${config:chrome.profileDir} with your custome chrome profile directory, e.g. "C:/My/Data/chrome/profile" or leave it out
• You can keep the variables like above if you want. To do so, add following entries in settings.json - user or workspace - , adjust paths to your needs:

"chrome.executable": "C:/Program Files (x86)/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe",
"chrome.profileDir": "C:/My/Data/chrome/profile"

• You could re-use these variables e.g. in launch.json for debugging purposes: "runtimeExecutable": "${config:chrome.executable}"

Answer 2

my runner script looks like :

{
    "version": "0.1.0",

    "command": "explorer",

    "windows": {
        "command": "explorer.exe"
    },

    "args": ["{$file}"]
}

and it's just open my explorer when I press ctrl shift b in my index.html file

Answer 3

here is how you can run it in multiple browsers for windows

{
 "version": "0.1.0",
 "command": "cmd",
 "args": ["/C"],
 "isShellCommand": true,
 "showOutput": "always",
 "suppressTaskName": true,
 "tasks": [
     {   
         "taskName": "Chrome",
         "args": ["start chrome -incognito \"${file}\""]
     },
     {   
         "taskName": "Firefox",
         "args": ["start firefox -private-window \"${file}\""]
     },
     {   
         "taskName": "Edge",
         "args": ["${file}"]
     }   
    ]
}

notice that I didn't type anything in args for edge because Edge is my default browser just gave it the name of the file.

EDIT: also you don't need -incognito nor -private-window...it's just me I like to view it in a private window