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FR: Live Preview Entries from the Entry Index

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Description

It would be super cool to have a "Table Column" option to add a live preview button for each entry in the "entry index". And then clicking the button overlaid a preview of the selected entry on the "entry index" page.

This would provide content authors / admins the ability to cherry pick any entry and quickly "preview" the content without having to click into each entry edit page and then select "live preview".

While live preview is extremely useful when creating or editing a specific entry, having the option to preview entries from a single listing page without having to open multiple tabs or jump in and out of entry edit pages would be huge in my opinion and something I could see myself using constantly.

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No files, tests, or entry points are named in the issue. Start by locating the entry index and the existing live preview flow; done would mean selecting an entry from the index and viewing its preview without opening the entry edit page.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
content
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
25/100

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