Proxy issues with the JCEF preview
JCEF preview doesn’t support proxy settings. Please use the JavaFX preview. See below how to do that.
Symptom: Remote content not shown
Images and other referenced remote content might not show up in the preview.
Local files within the project show without problems.
Environment: JCEF preview and behind proxy
The plugin’s settings in
shows that “JCEF Browser” is used.The user is behind a proxy, and the content in the preview includes remote files.
Workaround: Use JavaFX preview
The plugin supports different kinds of previews: Swing, JavaFX and JCEF.
As a workaround, consider using the JavaFX preview.
Starting with IDEA 2020.2 the JavaFX preview is only available after installing the plugin “JavaFX for plugins”.
Once JavaFX is available, the user can change the preview to JavaFX in the plugin’s settings via
.