Tornadofx: how to preview the view in tornadofx

[Stars-One]

are there some tool to preview the view rather than start the tornadofx application?

[edvin]

No, there is not, but you can in many cases turn on live views and see the ui update as you recompile.

[Stars-One]

No, there is not, but you can in many cases turn on live views and see the ui update as you recompile.
@edvin

How to turn on live views?Could you tell more detail?

[edvin]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbPngSnvaWQ

[Stars-One]

get it,thanks!
@edvin

Following is the way to use the alive view.

1.add this code in the app class

class MyApp: App(MainView::class,Styles::class){
    init {
        reloadViewsOnFocus()
    }
}

2.use the debug mode to start the tornadofx application
3.change your view code,press Ctrl+F9 to rebuild the application,then go back the application,you can see the view is changed

[edvin]

You really don't want that setting in your app when it's distributed to users, so it's better to use the command line parameter --live-views. The TornadoFX plugin can add this command line parameter for you, all you need to do is check the checkbox in the run configuration.

[Stars-One]

You really don't want that setting in your app when it's distributed to users, so it's better to use the command line parameter --live-views. The TornadoFX plugin can add this command line parameter for you, all you need to do is check the checkbox in the run configuration.

I have a try your suggestion and it works