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Interact with a preview of your workflow.

Written by Jamie Gaynor

When a workflow serves a webpage, the browser tab is where you see it come to life. It's a live preview built right into the workflow editor, so you can look at the page your workflow serves, click through it, and point at parts of it to describe changes, all without leaving the editor or opening a separate window.

A live preview of your workflow's pages

The browser tab renders the actual webpage your workflow serves, loaded from the same public URL your visitors would use. It's a real, interactive preview: you can fill in fields, click buttons, and move through the page as a visitor would, rather than looking at a static screenshot.

A workflow can serve more than one page. The tab shows one at a time, with a browser-style URL bar across the top. That URL bar doubles as a menu: open it to see every page the workflow serves and switch between them. You also get familiar back, forward, and reload controls, a toggle to preview the page at mobile width, and a quick way to copy the page's link or open it in a new tab.

It follows the branch you're editing

The preview is branch-aware. It shows the page as it exists on the branch you're working on, so changes in progress appear here before they ever reach your live version. Switch branches and the browser tab updates to match, which makes it a safe place to see how an edit will look while it's still a draft.

Point and prompt

The browser tab's inspect mode, also called "point and prompt," turns the preview into a way of talking to Tines 3B about the page. Turn it on, then click an element on the page to select it. Each element you select is captured with enough detail for Tines 3B to know exactly what you pointed at, so instead of describing a button or a section in words, you can point straight at it and say what you want changed. You can select several elements at once, and clear them just as easily.

When there's nothing to preview

If a workflow doesn't serve a webpage yet, the tab says so and explains that a page will appear here once the workflow has one. If the workflow's entry link exists but isn't a webpage, the tab points you to the Links tab to see what the workflow does expose. Either way, the browser tab tells you what's going on rather than showing a blank frame.

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