Page Auto-refresh in Blisk

We are happy to announce the new feature in Blisk browser: Auto-refresh. Auto-refresh closed beta testing is available with the last release: v.0.40.2490.71.

About the feature

Auto-refresh lets developers and designers to be more productive by updating pages automatically. Every time you write the code and save changes - Blisk refreshes the tab(s). Thus, you will never lose your focus.

Basics

Auto-refresh works with domains. It means, that if you set up auto refreshing for http://localhost, Blisk will refresh all URLs from domain automatically (e.g. http://localhost/sections/some-page).

Auto-refresh works with different file formats. It means, that you can set up auto refreshing for any file, for example:

• standard files: html, css, js
• platform specific: cshtml, java, php, py
• font files: otf, ttf, woff
• raster and vector images: jpeg, png, svg

Auto-refresh works with folders. It means, that you can set up watcher for any local folder(s). Note, that watching a folder with many subfolders and files may affect the CPU load. It depends on your computer specs.

Setting up

Using auto-refresh button:

1. Go to the domain you want to refresh automatically
2. Click auto-refresh button (located to the right of the address bar).You will be redirected to the page for setting up auto-refresh
3. Adjust the settings in the form:
   • Dropdown with the domain name. Has the list of opened domains. The domain where auto-refresh button was clicked will be selected. You can change it to any other from the list
   • Tabs to refresh. Select, whether you want to refresh all opened tabs with the domain or the active tab only.
   • File formats. Specify the file formats you want to watch. Formats should be separated by commas.
   • Folders. Add the folders you want to watch. Note, that watching a folder with many subfolders and files may affect the CPU load.
4. Click the button Save and enable auto-refresh.

Manual setting up:

1. Go to blisk://setup or click Blisk setup button (located to the right of the address bar)
2. Click Auto-refresh from the menu
3. Click Add new watcher
4. Adjust the settings in the form (the same as above).
5. Click the button Save and enable auto-refresh.

Managing watchers

1. Go to blisk://setup
2. Click Auto-refresh from the menu.

If you have at least one file watcher - it will be displayed in the watchers table. You can enable/disable any watcher by clicking toggle button, edit it or remove the watcher and stop auto refreshing the domain.