Does Sublime Text support live editing of CSS/SASS files?

Question

Does Sublime Text support live editing of files?

I'm looking for a better workflow. I really like Sublime Text, but recently I've been spoiled by the "Live Editing" capabilites of tools like Codepen.io and (recently tested) Adobe Brackets. When I go back to Sublime, even Live Reload seems clunky in comparision.

Live Reload: Press Save To Preview..
I'm using the LiveReload Chrome plugin, and depending on the project (Ruby or JS) I'll use Guard or Grunt to watch system files. I like LiveReload. But having to press 'save' on a file to see its changes in the browser is driving me nuts. Even with CSS style injection (no full browser reload), I'm flying blind in comparision to Codepen and Brackets which have instant updates as you type.

Other Tools
** GUI Tools **: I've heard of tools like Codekit and Hammer. Please correct me if I'm wrong, but they seem to do exactly what Gaurd and Grunt do—except no command line.

** Chome Tools Spaces **: The ability to edit Sass in the browser is cool. I've set this up, but I rarely use it. Editing HTML/CSS/Sass in Sublime Text is superior to Chrome Tools in every way. And to that point, it is far superior to Adobe Brackets which is why I don't (at this point) considering using it (Also it seems most of Brackets 'cool features' work on vanilla CSS, and not on Sass).

**Live Style: I've tried this, and I just can't get it to work.

I must have Googled "Live editing Sublime", "Live Refresh Codepen Sublime Text", etc.. a thousand times this year and results have been pretty lousy.

If anyone has any gems of information regard this to add to this PLEASE POST THEM!

Answer 1

Yes it does, all you need is takana: https://github.com/mechio/takana

This tool creates a little server which interacts in live the the loaded css of the page. All you need is to setup the server and add the javascript snippet to your html code (you will obviously remove it afterwards…). For now only OSX, live editing is even working on different browsers. Welcome to the awesome!