Awesome

reloadOnFocus

It simply auto refresh the browser window when it gets focus.

Why / WTF?

While coding i switch between the editor and the browser(s) to check my changes (especially if it is html/css).

Usually i do CMD+TAB / CTRL+TAB to switch windows and then click the browser Refresh button (or F5). I was trying to reduce this overhead.

Some editors let you define some kind of Run/Build/Launch button key that open the file that you are editing in your default browser. This sucks for many reasons.

There are already some apps/plugins but they are not cross-editor / cross-platform / cross-browser. With this (simple) script i can work on any editor and any browsers without installing anything.

Usage

In the page(s) that you are working add: <script type="text/javascript" src="http://os.hugorodrigues.com/reloadOnFocus.js"></script>

Now next time you switch between any app and the browser the page will be automatically reloaded.

Options

Use CTRL+ENTER to enable/disable the plugin

Tested

Osx

• Safari 5
• Firefox 3.6
• Chrome 8

Windows XP

• Internet Explorer 8
• Firefox 3.6
• Chrome 8

Linux

• Not tested, but should work :)

Limitations

For sure there are many. Give it a try.

License

This software is licensed under the highly restrictive <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL">DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE 2.0</a> or later. If this license doesn't suit you: you're doing it wrong.