How to use Chrome as build in Sublime Text

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I'm trying to set up Chrome as a build system in Sublime Text on MacOs.

Tried using the New build menu option and plugged in:

{
"/Applications/Google Chrome.app": "Chrome"
}

It appears in list after I restart as build option but doesn't work. Any ideas?

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1 Answers

For reference, the build system documentation has lots of examples if you want to add more functionality. However, for now, we'll just make a simple build system with one command - open the current file in Chrome.

Each build system needs to have a "cmd" key - the command you want to run - and optionally a "selector" key - a rule for selecting which types of files you want to run. For now, we'll just assume you only want to run HTML files. Select Tools → Build System → New Build System… and replace the contens with this:

{
    "cmd": ["/Applications/Google Chrome.app", "$file"],
    "selector": "text.html"
}

Next, hit Save and save the file in the suggested folder with a name like Chrome.sublime-build. You don't need to restart for it to be visible in the Build System menu.

Now, when you want to view an HTML file in Chrome, you'll first select Tools → Build System → Chrome, then hit ⌘B to actually run the build. Chrome will stay selected as the current build system, so if you want to build again all you have to do is hit ⌘B.

If you do any work on Windows or Linux, the build command shortcut is CtrlB.

MattDMo0
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