So, right now, if we use any content relationships inside of a slice, that completely turns off the Live Preview function for that slice. This essentially makes the Live Preview unusable for anything but simple content. (see attached image)
Common use-cases like a testimonial section, or having featured posts or products, etc. are all impossible at the moment.
This came as a shock to me since I was really excited to switching to Prismic from StoryBlock and Sanity, and really loving the new Live Preview editor.
What are the plans / timeline for fixing this? I'd love answer, so I can know how to plan my projects for this year. Thanks!
Hi @ovi , thanks for reaching out. Fixing this is on our Roadmap and most likely it will be in Q2 of this year. I'll provide you with an update when I have more insight into when exactly the team will be working on it and when it will be shipped to you.
@kris1 we shipped an update recently where slices with a content relationship field will now render. If you are working with internal links then these will now be displayed in the table of slices. However, if you are fetching data from another custom type, this data won't show in the table of slices. This is something that will most likely come in Q2 but I will post an update here when I have more precise timing.
Is there any update on this?
I have quite a lot of slices with a content relationship field (within a repeater) and the relations are still not showing up in the live preview.
It has been two and a half years since version 1.0.0 of the slice machine was released. I’d consider this a major bug rather than an edge case — why isn’t fixing it a priority?
I honestly do not see the point of the live preview feature if it does not work for all slices, including ones with content relationships.
What is the technical reason that this is a challenge to implement? At least for now can a fallback image be displayed in the live preview so it does not look broken?
You’re right, the team is aware of this limitation. It’s linked to some technical challenges around how the shape of linked content is resolved during previews. The new features we’re developing around selecting and handling linked content directly within the builder are part of the effort to close these gaps.
There’s no new update or ETA at the moment, but progress is being made in that direction.
At the moment, content relationships are still not fully supported in Slice Machine / Page Builder slice previews. In practice, this means that linked documents may not render correctly (or at all) within slice previews.
There hasn’t been a recent update on this behavior yet. That said, content relationships do work as expected in:
Full website previews (preview mode)
Production environments via the API
As a workaround, most teams rely on mock data for slice previews and use full-page previews to validate content relationships.
Let me know if you’d like guidance on setting up a reliable preview workflow around this.
. This essentially makes the Live Preview unusable for anything but simple content. (see attached image)
