Preview conditioned content
Condition preview lets you see exactly what a specific audience will see — without publishing.
Before you begin
Your topic must contain at least one conditional block. See Create conditional content blocks if you haven't added conditions yet.
Open condition preview
Open a topic that contains conditional blocks.
Click the eye icon in the editor toolbar.
A preview panel appears showing the available dimensions and values.
Use the Keyboard shortcuts to toggle condition preview quickly while editing. This is especially useful when you're writing conditioned content and want to check each audience as you go.
Select a preview profile
For each dimension, select the values you want to preview.
Example: Audience = "Admin," Platform = "macOS."
The editor instantly updates to show only the content that matches your selection.
Conditional blocks that don't match are hidden.
This simulates the Publication target settings that a publication target would use. The preview applies the same filtering logic as the The publishing pipeline.
Condition preview shows or hides conditional blocks, but it does not resolve Use variable tokens in content. Variable pills still display the key name in preview mode. To see fully resolved output, use the publish preview or publish to a draft target.
Switch between profiles
Change the selected values to preview different audience combinations. The editor updates in real time, letting you quickly verify that each audience sees the right content.
Things to check when switching profiles:
No content is accidentally visible to the wrong audience
Removing a conditioned block doesn't leave awkward transitions or disjointed prose
All audiences see a complete, coherent topic — not just fragments
Close preview
Click the eye icon again to exit preview mode and return to the full editing view where all conditional blocks are visible.
Edits made during preview mode apply to the underlying topic, not to a specific audience. If you add or modify text while preview is active, the changes affect the topic for all audiences.
See also
Create conditional content blocks — wrap content in conditions for audience-specific filtering
Writing for multiple audiences — strategies for effective multi-audience content
Publish a web site — publish after verifying with preview
Publication target settings — configure the condition profiles that preview simulates
Troubleshooting — common issues with conditioned content