Title: Editor Preview
Last modified: July 11, 2020

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# Editor Preview

 *  Resolved Anonymous User 17612203
 * (@anonymized-17612203)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-preview/)
 * When I click on Preview a “window” is opening to choose between
 * – desktop
    – mobile – tablet – preview in new tab
 * Is there any chance to deactivate this windows and get back to the old version
   where the click on Peview results directly in “Preview in new tab”?
 * I do not need the desktop, mobile and tablet choise. The editor preview is a 
   big bullshit. I needed to change the editor css to get a similar look like on
   the page… but I never reach 100% the same look and feel. As long as the editor
   does not use the same css and has 100% the sames look and feel as the frontend
   look and feel, this choise between desktop, mobile and tablet makes no sense 
   at all. It is better to open the preview in a new tab an use the developer tools
   of the browser (F12) to switch the different sreen sizes.
 * So how can I gt rid of this annoying window?

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 *  [James Hunt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonkerz/)
 * (@bonkerz)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-preview/#post-13121453)
 * Not possible at this time. But once the window is opened, you can set it how 
   you want and refresh the page to see your updates.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [James Hunt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonkerz/).
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by [James Hunt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonkerz/).
      Reason: Pasted in wrong answer
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User 17612203
 * (@anonymized-17612203)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-preview/#post-13121491)
 * I installed the new WordPress Beta which is comming out August, 11th… nothing
   else installed and the same “feature”. This is not a conflict, this is a new 
   feature of Gutenberg.
 * The feature doesn’t makes sence because the layout of the content within the 
   Gutenberg editior is different then the layout in the frontent. There are 2 CSS.
   It makes more sense to open the preview in a new tab and use the browser developer
   tool than using this feature.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Anonymous User 17612203.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 11 months ago by Anonymous User 17612203.
 *  [James Hunt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bonkerz/)
 * (@bonkerz)
 * [5 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-preview/#post-13121528)
 * I’m sorry my initial reply was for another answer – I’m just helping out people
   with issues where possible.
 *  Plugin Author [Jorge Costa](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jorgefilipecosta/)
 * (@jorgefilipecosta)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-preview/#post-13269878)
 * Hi there!
 * This preview option is a new functionality that essentially allows forcing a 
   mobile or tablet state on the editor, it may be useful for users that normally
   don’t use developer tools in the browser.
 * Currently, there is no way to disable this feature.
    In the future, we may consider
   adding a filter or a similar mechanism to allow developers an easy way to disable
   the feature cc:@isabel_brison, [@youknowriad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/youknowriad/).
 *  Thread Starter Anonymous User 17612203
 * (@anonymized-17612203)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-preview/#post-13269914)
 * Thanks Jorge
 * I know what this is for… but as long as the editor is using a different stylesheet
   as the frontend this feature is nonsense.
    Why should I do a preview in the editor
   when the editor looks different then the frontend? Preview in a new tab and use
   the browser developer tools for different screen sizes works by far better.
 * In other words another reason to leave this editor which isn’t more than a beta
   editor. I realy think about switching to elementor for post. For pages I allready
   did.
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 9 months ago by Anonymous User 17612203.
 *  [Taisa – Raquel García Arévalo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/taisa1984/)
 * (@taisa1984)
 * [5 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/editor-preview/#post-13906585)
 * I also don’t like this preview functionality at all.
 * This desktop/tablet/mobile affect to the blocks, not the preview you are getting,
   so I should take them to another dropdown like “View” or just the icons like 
   in Chrome tools. But we need the preview button as comfortable, easy and quick
   as always.
 * And it also is not refreshing the preview as it did before.
 * This takes bit by bit a lot of time when you are working on a page or post.
 * I would love if you could take a look at this, please.

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