Cms: Allow disabling of Live Preview

[timkelty]

Live preview doesn't currently work for SPAs or API-driven sites where you're not using Twig, but still have Craft-managed URLs.

It would be nice to be able to disable the Live Preview button all together.

[khalwat]

...or even better, have a way to map it to the "real" URL for the site, so content authors can preview it.

[timkelty]

...or even better, have a way to map it to the "real" URL for the site, so content authors can preview it.

In my case, the Craft URL _is_ the "real" url…(but the site's URL isn't pointing to the Craft Server, it points to a Node/Express server). But that page just makes calls to the craft server/api, it doesn't know how to response to live preview POST data like Craft Twig templates do.

Related: see comment from @narration-sd: https://github.com/craftcms/cms/issues/1521#issuecomment-409909748

[narration-sd]

Tim, my first thought was that if you're in a pinch, why not use @lindseydiloreto 's Control Panel CSS plugin to just disappear the button? It's alive; just apparently not on the store because it's free.

https://github.com/doublesecretagency/craft-cpcss

As far as upcoming solutions, I've been mulling whether you and one other at least ought to be getting some email soon. I have to limit the onslaught, and would have to tease about impatience-as-a-virtue ;), but beta on someone else's prototype website has been quite valuable, seeing how people are in realities likely to employ this thing.

[brandonkelly]

We’ll most likely make this possible when we get around to #1489. In the meantime, you could just set your section’s Template setting to an invalid template path. The Live Preview button will only show up if the section has URLs _and_ the template exists. (A blank Template path is still valid if you have an index.twig file.)

[timkelty]

Good tip, @brandonkelly!

[narration-sd]

That is a smart one :)

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Good tip, @brandonkelly https://github.com/brandonkelly!

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[timkelty]

The Live Preview button will only show up if the section has URLs and the template exists.

@brandonkelly the bummer about that is it _also_ removed the "share" button, so there's no way to open the entry URL from entry edit.

For a quick fix, made this: https://github.com/craftcms/cms/pull/4275

[brandonkelly]

You were one day too early @timkelty :) #1489 is resolved now as of Friday, so now there’s a way to share/preview entries (and other elements) whether or not Craft is the one rendering them.