Code, Split and Preview layouts with a local preview. The app previews your project folder on the device, and previews PHP by uploading temporary preview files to your own server.
Use editor-only, split or preview-only mode from the View menu: View ▸ Code (Shift+Alt+1), Split (Shift+Alt+2) and Preview (Shift+Alt+3).
Place source and live view side by side or stacked with Split Vertically (Shift+Alt+V) and Split Horizontally (Shift+Alt+H), with Live View on Top (Shift+Alt+T) when needed.
Project files are previewed on your device without uploading them: a small web server inside the app serves the project folder on the device's own loopback address, so links, fonts and scripts behave as they will online.
The preview refreshes while you type, and can be forced with View ▸ Refresh Live View (F5).
There is no PHP on the device. PHP previews upload into a temporary staging folder on the server configured for the project, so you see the page as your server produces it. File ▸ Clear PHP Preview Staging removes the temporary files.
Preview navigation includes reload, back and forward. File ▸ Preview in Browser (Ctrl+Shift+B) opens the page from the local preview server in Chrome or in your default browser; File ▸ Settings… ▸ General ▸ Preview Browser chooses which one. File ▸ Print… (Ctrl+P) prints the preview.
Static files are previewed from the local project. PHP pages can be previewed through FTP, FTPS or SFTP so you see the page as your server produces it.