Live editor for CSS, Less & Sass - Magic CSS by webextensions.org

Live preview of CSS/Less/Sass code changes. Auto-save file, autocomplete, convert Less/Sass to CSS, beautify, minify, CSS reloader, linter, ...

4.6 (43 reviews)

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About this extension

Run this extension and start writing your CSS/Less/Sass code which gets applied immediately. The code you write will be saved in the browser extension's storage space or the site's local storage.

Featuring:
* Live editor for CSS/Less/Sass code - Preview changes as you write code
* Live edit CSS files and auto-save on file system
* CSS reloader
* Option to reapply styles automatically
* Syntax Highlighting
* Auto-generate CSS selectors with point-and-click
* Autocomplete for CSS selectors, properties and values
* Emmet support helps in quickly expanding abbreviations to CSS code (https://docs.emmet.io/css-abbreviations/)
* Color picker (supports HEX, RGB, RGBA, HSL and HSLA)
* Convert code from Less/Sass to CSS
* Beautify / Format code
* Minify code
* Highlight DOM elements matching the CSS selectors
* Option to load this extension in iframes as well
* Lint CSS code

Open source:
* https://github.com/webextensions/live-css-editor

This extension is available for:
* Google Chrome
* Microsoft Edge
* Mozilla Firefox
Visit https://webextensions.org/ for further details

Created by:
* Priyank Parashar

Uses:
* No need to refresh pages to test your CSS/Less/Sass code
* Auto-save your changes to filesystem as you write the code
* Reload CSS resources without refreshing the page
* Speed-up development and testing of your styling code by doing it directly on your page
* Develop and test your code before finalizing your changes into the project files
* Apply some temporary styles (like hiding some components)
* Test styling changes even when you cannot modify the original source code

Notes:
* The CSS/Less/Sass code you write gets applied as you write it
* The CSS reloader watches CSS files and live updates them immediately
* The Sass parser is loaded remotely from https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/sass.js/...
* With this styling code tester, you can develop and test the code at the same time
* The code is saved in file/browser as soon as you write it
* The code editor is resizable and draggable
* The code you write is auto-saved at site level and can be used again for same or different pages
* You can use "TAB" key to indent your code
* Running Magic CSS again, while it is already loaded, will restore it to its original position and size
* Press "Esc" or click on close to hide it and run it again to continue making changes
* The code you write is added at the bottom of the <body> tag of the active page
* It includes CSS/Less/Sass beautifier
* It includes CSS minifier
* It highlights the DOM elements matching the CSS selectors
* Use it along with your favorite Chrome/Edge/Firefox/Opera Developer tools
* You might find it useful in creating your custom themes for websites based on Stylish / Stylist
* This extension was previously known as "MagiCSS - Live CSS Editor"

Credits for open source code used by this extension:
* Amplify JS
* Browserify
* Code Mirror
* codemirror-colorpicker by easylogic @ GitHub
* emmetio/codemirror-plugin
* CSS Pretty
* CSSLint
* jQuery
* jQuery UI
* Less
* magicsuggest
* Mozilla Source Map
* SASS / SCSS
* socket.io (WebSocket API library)
* Tooltipster

Inspirations:
* "Auto-generate CSS selectors with point-and-click" feature is partly inspired by the Chrome extensions SelectorGadget and Stylebot

Are you facing any bugs in this extension?
Kindly report the bug at https://github.com/webextensions/live-css-editor/issues

Are you not able to run this extension immediately after installation?
Try restarting the browser once, that might fix it. And kindly report that to us as well at our GitHub issues page :-)

Connect to us at:
* https://webextensions.org/
* https://github.com/webextensions/live-css-editor
* https://twitter.com/webextensions
* Priyank Parashar - https://linkedin.com/in/ParasharPriyank/

Rated 4.6 by 43 reviewers

Release notes for 8.10.2

Fixed the bug due to which the extension was not loading.

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