README

Find live preview matrix blocks with ease.

Requirements

This plugin supports Craft CMS 5.x

Note: PreviewMate 1.x and 2.x are only compatible with Craft CMS 4.x. PreviewMate 3.x and 4.x are only compatible with Craft CMS 5.x.

Installation

To install the plugin, follow these instructions.

1. Open your terminal and go to your Craft project:

   cd /path/to/project

2. Then tell Composer to load the plugin:

   composer require nicholashamilton/craft-preview-mate

3. In the Control Panel, go to Settings → Plugins and click the “Install” button for PreviewMate.

How to use

Preview blocks will be tracked in live preview by adding data-preview-block-id attribute to the entry's HTML element.

{# option 1 (recommended) - only rendered in live preview #}
{{ craft.previewMate.previewBlock(entry) }}

or

{# option 2 - manually set the preview block id #}
data-preview-block-id="{{ entry.id }}"

Clicking a preview block will now scroll to and highlight the editor block.

Usage example

{# Matrix field #}
{% set blocks = entry.blocksBuilder.all() %}

{# Render blocks #}
{% for block in blocks %}
    <div {{ craft.previewMate.previewBlock(block) }}>
        {{ block.render() }}
    </div>
{% endfor %}

It's recommended to add styles for preview blocks using data-preview-block-id. Adding the following styles will highlight the preview block on hover.

[data-preview-block-id] {
    position: relative;
}
[data-preview-block-id]::after {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%;
    border: 1px dashed rgba(0, 0, 0, .333);
    pointer-events: none;
    opacity: 0;
    transition: opacity 300ms ease;
}
[data-preview-block-id].preview-block-hover::after {
    opacity: 1;
}