prompter: Using VSCode for editing HTML, how can I get a preview of the document that auto reloads on edits?

assistant: To get a preview of an HTML document in VSCode that auto-reloads on edits, you can use the Live Server extension. Here are the steps to set it up:

    1. Open your HTML file in VSCode.
    2. Install the Live Server extension by clicking on the "Extensions" icon on the left sidebar, searching for "Live Server" in the marketplace, and clicking the "Install" button.
    3. Once the extension is installed, click on the "Go Live" button in the bottom right corner of the VSCode window. This will launch a local server that serves your HTML file.
    4. Your HTML file should automatically open in your default browser. If it doesn't, you can click on the link that appears in the terminal output, or manually navigate to "http://localhost:5500" in your browser.
    5. As you make changes to your HTML file, the preview in your browser should automatically update.

That's it! With Live Server, you can easily preview your HTML files and see changes in real-time.

assistant: You can use the Live Server extension for VSCode to get a real-time preview of your HTML document as you edit. This extension allows you to open a local development server and view the HTML page in a browser window. The browser window will update automatically when you make changes in the editor. You can also set it to auto-refresh on save, or disable auto-refresh completely.

assistant: using VS Code Live Server plugin provide by Visual Studio Code

prompter: Please, provide more information. How does this plugin work? Does it display the HTML inside VSCode or in a separate browser window? How do I install and configure it?

assistant: The VSCode Live Server plugin is a tool that allows you to create a local web server for your web development projects and provides you with a live preview of your web pages. It does this by launching a web server and automatically opening your web page in a browser window. Whenever you make changes to your code, the plugin automatically refreshes the browser window to show the updated page.

To install and configure the VSCode Live Server plugin, you can follow these steps:

Open VSCode and go to the Extensions panel on the left-hand side of the window.
Search for "Live Server" in the search box and click on the Install button next to the extension.
Once the extension is installed, you can open a web page in VSCode and click on the "Go Live" button in the bottom right corner of the window.
This will launch the local web server and open the web page in a new browser window. You can make changes to your code and the plugin will automatically refresh the browser window to show the updated page.
The Live Server plugin provides a lot of options that you can configure to customize your experience. For example, you can set the default browser that the plugin uses, specify a port number for the web server, and configure whether the plugin should open the browser automatically when you start the server. You can access these options by right-clicking on the "Go Live" button and selecting "Open Settings".

assistant: This is how it works:

You install the plugin by searching for “Live Server” in the Extensions tab. You should see Live Server by Ritwick dey. Click install. Voila, you have installed the plugin!

Now you need to open your HTML document you are hosting.

You should see a “Go Live” icon where the column, row, spaces, and encoding information usually is. That space should also be blue. If “Go Live” is not there, you just need to restart VS Code.

You just need to click “Go Live.” The server should open localhost on your specified port, and then its contents will appear in your browser.

I hope this answered your inquiries!

assistant: First of all, you have to install the "VS Code Live Server" plugin. Navigate to the extensions tab in VS Code and search for the plugin. Then you have to press the "Install" button. After it has been installed, you can navigate to your HTML file and press the combination Alt+L followed by Alt+O to start the preview and Alt+L followed by Alt+C to stop the preview.

prompter: Could you give me instructions on how to set that up, using your recommended approach?

assistant: There are multiple ways to install the VS Code Live Server extension.  Visual Studio Code recommends using the built-in extension marketplace, which can be opened by clicking on the *Extensions* icon in the *Activity Bar* on the side of VS Code or the *View: Extensions* command (Ctrl+Shift+X).

1. Open a project and click *Go Live* from the status bar to turn the server on/off.

2. Right click on a HTML file from Explorer Window and click on *Open with Live Server*.

3. Open a HTML file and right-click on the editor and click on *Open with Live Server*.

4. Hit Alt+L, followed by Alt+O, to *Open the Server* and (alt+L, alt+C) to *Stop the server*. You can change the shortcut form keybinding.

5. Open the *Command Pallete* by pressing F1 or Ctrl+Shift+P and type *Live Server: Open With Live Server* to start a server or type *Live Server: Stop Live Server* to stop the running server.

assistant: 👋 Hi there! Here are the steps to set up Live Server in VS Code:

1.	📦 Install the Live Server extension in VS Code by clicking on the extensions icon on the left-hand side of the editor, searching for "Live Server" in the search bar, and clicking on "Install".

2.	💻 Open your HTML file in VS Code.

3.	🚀 Click on the "Go Live" button in the bottom right-hand corner of the editor.

4.	🌐 A new browser window should open with your HTML file loaded. Any changes you make to the file in VS Code will automatically be reflected in the browser.

That's it! Let me know if you have any questions.

assistant: To get started, follow these steps:

Install the Live Server extension in VS Code. You can do this by opening the Extensions panel (Ctrl + Shift + X) and searching for "Live Server". Once you find the extension, click the "Install" button to add it to VS Code.

Open your HTML file in VS Code and right-click on the file to open the context menu. Select the "Open with Live Server" option to start the live server.

A new browser window should open automatically, displaying your HTML file. Any changes you make to your HTML, CSS, or JavaScript files will be automatically updated in the browser.

To stop the live server, simply click the "Stop" button in the bottom-right corner of the VS Code window, or right-click on the HTML file and select "Stop Live Server" from the context menu.

Note that the Live Server extension is designed for development purposes only and should not be used for production websites.

If you want to customize the behavior of the Live Server extension, you can do so by opening the Settings panel (Ctrl + ,) and searching for "Live Server". From there, you can change settings such as the port number, browser to use, and whether to automatically open the browser on startup.