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Feb 1, 2022 9:15 PM UTC
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My Real-time preview doesn't work in any browser.

My Real-time preview doesn't work in any browser. It just gives a loading icon that never stops and says "give us a moment".

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    Legend
    Feb 1, 2022 11:36 PM UTC

    It is an awful, glitchy feature, turn it off by going to preferences => real-time preview and check 'default to static browser preview

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    Paul-M - Community Expert
    Nancy OShea
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    Feb 1, 2022 10:51 PM UTC

    I intentionally disabled Real-Time Preview because it doesn't play nice with my local testing server. 

    Go to Preferences > Real-Time Preview and check the box for Default to Static Browser Preview.

     

     

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    Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert
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    Feb 1, 2022 9:49 PM UTC

    The preview on device feature has been discontinued as of Nov of last year so that explains part of your error: https://helpx.adobe.com/dreamweaver/using/device-preview.html .  However, if you are not able to preview in browser, is your testing server running?  Also, as you are using a non-standard port could a firewall be blocking access?

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    Jon Fritz
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    Feb 1, 2022 9:47 PM UTC

    There might be an issue with your connection to Adobe's servers. It may just start working later.

    For me, real time preview and the device preview QR (what you're showing in your first screenshot) have never worked the way they were intended. For that reason, I use a local testing server which allows me to preview the site from any device connected to the same network and Static Browser Preview which is essentially the old version of Preview in a Browser. 

    You can change your setting for browser preview under Edit > Preferences > Real Time Preview then check the box for "default to static browser preview" at the top. That will take Adobe's servers out of the equation and show your local file in your browser without running it through Adobe first.

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