Could I preview a single html file in visual studio 2022 like visual studio code?

Hi @dylanzz , Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum. For single html file, in VS 2022, you can click File > View in Browser (Ctrl + Shift + W) to preview it(or right-click the white space of this single html file > click View in Browser ). Besides, you can select File > Browse With… > Set as Default to change other browsers as the default browser. Have a great day. Best Regards, Tianyu If the answer is the right solution, please click " Accept Answer " and kindly upvote it. If you have extra questions about this answer, please click "Comment". Note: Please follow the steps in our documentatio n to enable e-mail notifications if you want to receive the related email notification for this thread.

I am using a current version of visual studio/visual studio code, downloaded and installed less than six months ago, and there is no such option under the file menu.

How to preview a single html file in visual studio 2022?

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Tianyu Sun-MSFT 30,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2022-04-26T08:23:51.273+00:00
Hi @dylanzz ,

Welcome to Microsoft Q&A forum.

For single html file, in VS 2022, you can click File > View in Browser (Ctrl + Shift + W) to preview it(or right-click the white space of this single html file > click View in Browser).

Besides, you can select File > Browse With… > Set as Default to change other browsers as the default browser.

Have a great day.

Best Regards,
Tianyu

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SURESH CHAND JAIN 0 Reputation points

2023-02-08T09:42:49.58+00:00

after viewing in browser how togo back to html fie

SURESH CHAND JAIN 0 Reputation points

2023-02-08T09:44:30.65+00:00

after browsig how to go back to html file

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 30,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2023-02-10T13:13:29.0733333+00:00

Hi @SURESH CHAND JAIN ,

The html file should keep opening in Visual Studio. If you want to go back to the html file, you can just go back to Visual Studio and check the html file.

Steve V 0 Reputation points

2024-09-10T20:50:19.2133333+00:00

This answer is not accurate as of 2024-09-10.

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 30,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-11T06:25:31.17+00:00

Hi @Steve V,

I just test in VS 2022 version 17.11.2 and 17.11.3(the latest version), the "File > View in Browser" option/method still works.

May I know which version of VS 2022 you are using, and which step blocks you maybe? Is there any option missing on your side?

Did you focus your cursor on the single html file?

Please kindly share us more information to check further.

Steve V 0 Reputation points

2024-09-11T18:09:48.33+00:00

There's no option for me there.

Tianyu Sun-MSFT 30,356 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2024-09-12T06:38:38.59+00:00

@Steve V, you are using Visual Studio Code(it's different from Visual Studio IDE, they are two different products).

See this document: Does VS Code have HTML preview?

No, VS Code doesn’t have built-in support for HTML preview but there are extensions available in the VS Code Marketplace. Open the Extensions view (Ctrl + Shift + X) and search on 'live preview' or 'html preview' to see a list of available HTML preview extensions.

Example screenshots for VS Code:
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