It would be great when the node preview displayed in the default theme or an predefined theme. When it's possible, only the preview section should display in this theme, the edit form should stay with the Rubik theme. Maybe the preview opens a popup or an modal window?

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jmlane’s picture

Issue tags: +previewing, +node preview page

+1 on this functionality. I love the option to keep the edit pages consistent in look with the rest of the Rubik administrative theme, but the rendered preview from an edit form should be displaying the content as the default (or user selected theme) would render it. Applying the Rubik theme to the previewed content on this page can be confusing for end-users who aren't familiar with how HTML, CSS, and Drupal themes work, if the default site theme is drastically different from the administration theme.

It would be best to simply have the preview area div inherit the appropriate CSS rules from the default or user selected theme. This would allow the content to be previewed appropriately, but the rest of the edit page UI is unchanged from the Rubik defaults. Alternatively, a pop-up window or some other sort of trick should be used to show the preview content as it will appear when viewed after submission.

Les Lim’s picture

What you're asking is probably out of scope for theme code, but I'm developing a module that might help in this instance:

http://drupal.org/project/pagepreview

Having more people test it with a greater variety of sites would be helpful.

opdavies’s picture

I've just installed Page Preview module on a Drupal 6 site, and it works perfectly - just what I was looking for! Thanks! :D

aramboyajyan’s picture

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Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

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