

When you select View | Open in Browser, or press Alt+F2, or invoke the browser icons bar, the available browsers are shown in the order in which they are listed on the Web Browsers and Preview page.

If it does not, click and select the actual path in the dialog that opens. If the browser was installed according to a standard installation procedure, most likely the alias in the Path field points at the right location.
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See Configure the browser icons popup to learn how to hide and show the popup in the editor. The browser will be added to the context menu of the Open in Browser menu item and its icon will be displayed in the browser icons popup. To activate a browser, select the checkbox next to its name. For each browser, WebStorm shows its name, the family to which it belongs, and the path to the browser's executable file/macOS application or the predefined alias that stands for this path. The Web Browsers and Preview page that opens shows the browsers from the predefined list and the previously configured custom browser installations, if any. Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open the IDE settings and select Tools | Web Browsers and Preview. To change this default value, open the Settings/Preferences dialog ( Ctrl+Alt+S), go to Build, Execution, Deployment | Debugger, and in the Built-in Server specify any other value starting from 1024. All the project files are served on the built-in server with the root URL with respect to the project structure.īy default the built-in server port is set to the default WebStorm port 63342 through which WebStorm accepts connections from services. This server is always running and does not require any manual configuration. WebStorm has a built-in web server that can be used to preview and debug your application. In addition to the browsers from the default list, you can configure custom browser installations.
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WebStorm presumes that you install browsers according to a standard procedure and assigns each installation an alias which stands for the default path to the browser's executable file or macOS application. WebStorm is shipped with a predefined list of most popular browsers that you may install and launch automatically from the IDE during running, debugging, or previewing the output of an HTML file.
