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You can technically browse in VS Code while coding

2 min readApr 9, 2024

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VS Code

I was pleasantly surprised to discover that there’s a simple browser built into VS Code.

You can use this feature to quickly check a website’s layout or test a web application’s functionality.

Here’s how to do it:

  • Press ctrl + shift + P on Windows or cmd + shift + P to open the search bar
  • In the search bar, type simple browser
  • Enter your development server URL
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Simple browser in VS Code.
  • Split your view for more convenience.
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Simple browser in VS Code.

That’s that! All done. You’re good to go

Please note this is just a simple browser. So some of the heavy features will not work in this simple browser. Before you go here are some of my web dev articles :

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Shakir
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Written by Shakir

I do 3d and write code with a passion for game development and software, and 3d.

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