Allow modification of the URL used in the Browser Preview.

[alexmcroberts-hs]

For specific vals, I pass in various paths, and query parameters. To test the val, I must use a second tab in my browser where I load the URL path with query params.

Having that be editable in the Browser Preview pane would be a big time saver.

The current workflow is:

Modify the val
click Save in Val Town
Move to 2nd tab
Refresh 2nd tab
See a bug I typo'd (obviously!)
Repeat until bug disappears

If there was a method to append to the URL, similar to how Glitch permits, this would speed up development time quite quickly, by reducing the friction of changing tabs.

[stevekrouse]

Great feature request! In the short term, you could try my reload script val to auto-reload your second tab when your val has a new version: #74 (comment)

[alexmcroberts-hs]

Yes, this definitely sounds like a new workaround in the short term!

[stevekrouse]

As my brother @wkrouse pointed (screenshot below), the current place the URL lives on the val is confusing. I think we should likely move it to two places:

1. To the top of the browser preview like a URL bar, like other IDEs have it
2. Inside the .. menu under Copy

Those are the two places I see users look for this URL.

Optionally, we could add a dropdown on the "Run Preview" button that could have a "Open in new tab" option right there as well.

[stevekrouse]

Shipped!