When you’re working on a website, browser reload on file changes isn’t always the best option, especially with complex one-page applications.

So if you like to be in control, just use this Sublime Text build system to trigger a reload of the currently active browser tab (Cmd+B on Mac).

• Open Sublime Text and go to Tools —> Build System —> New Build System…
• Copy & paste the below code

{
  "cmd": ["osascript -e 'tell application "Google Chrome" to tell the active tab of its first window to reload'"],
  "working_dir": "$folder",
  "shell": true
}

• Save this file to your Sublime Text user folder. I named it TiShadow.sublime-build.
• Now open up your web project folder in Sublime Text
• Select your newly created build system (Tools —> Build System —> YOUR_BUILD_SYSTEM_NAME)
• Hit Cmd+B to run trigger a reload.

If you don’t use Google Chrome, you can just replace the browser name in the build script.