I have went through this link https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/WI/Live+Edit as well as this question thread Webstorm LiveEdit for chrome not working and I still cannot get my Webstorm live edit to work.
I have the live edit plugin enabled, the auto reload setting on (300ms) and the jetbrains chrome extension installed. When I activate debug mode the project opens up fine in the browser but the page does not actively reload when I adjust the content or save the file. One thing I have noticed (and the above links recommend) is to make sure that Live Edit is clicked in the view menu dropdown but I do not have that option in regular run or debug mode.
Any idea how I can get this to work properly? If you need more information to solve this issue please let me know.
I also have the same problem but one alternative if you need live edit is:
Try right click on the html file (suppose index.html) and then choose the option debug index.html. Then this will generate an option at the top. So every time you click on the bug icon it will open Chrome and every change that you make on index.html will appear immediately on Chrome.
Also if you select some code in WebStorm it will appear in yellow on Chrome.