Add “Watcher” Mode to Monitor Local File Changes #512
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Description
This PR introduces a new “Watcher” mode under the File > Import menu, allowing users to monitor changes to a selected local file and automatically update the editor and graph.
Motivation
I work a lot with generating JSON files and I use jsoncrack.com a lot to view the generation, but having to re-import the JSON every time it is regenerated really disrupts my workflow. jsoncrack.com is already perfect, but I thought that if the tool had a watch mode it would be much better, so I implemented that option.
Implementation Details
window.showOpenFilePicker
) opens for the user to select a file.setInterval
runs every 3 seconds to check for changes usingfileHandle.getFile()
.Benefits