Q:

Magento 2 developer mode doesn't regenerate static files automatically

I have a Magento 2.0.2 installation in developer mode and I still can't figure out how to force it to regenerate the static view files whenever I make a change in my CSS.
I verified that I am in developer mode by running 
php bin/magento deploy:mode:show
On this page it says that developer mode disables static view files caching, but that is not the case for me.
I tried to edit the di.xml as mentionned in this solution but it didn't change Magento's behavior.
How can I tell magento to automatically regenerate static view files?

A:

In developer mode, M2 does not generate static files. It should create symlinks to them from the various modules. If you however have ran setup:static-content:deploy and have those files in place, it won't update them. Try removing all static files and see if Magento links to them (be careful not to remove the actual files if you have symlinks)

