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  • August 27, 2022 at 1:19 AM #38076
    Nicholas CoxNicholas Cox
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    Hi,

    I want to provide a preview for my custom block and I have realised the front ed forms do not render in the wp admin area. Is there a way to preview the forms in the block editor at all? at the moment by block is just blak as there is nothing to display.

    setup

    add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', function( $meta_boxes ) {
	$meta_boxes[] = [
		'title'           => 'Product Filtering Block',
		'id'              => 'dc-product-filtering-block',
		'description'     => 'Product filtering form',
		'type'            => 'block',
		'icon'            => 'screenoptions',
		'category'        => 'dc-blocks',
		'context'         => 'side',
		'render_template' => __DIR__ . '/template/dc-product-filtering-block-template.php',
		...

    Inside 'dc-product-filtering-block-template.php' i want to call the following shortcode

    echo $search_title;
echo do_shortcode('[mb_frontend_form id="dc-product-filtering" post_type="products" confirmation="Updated" submit_button="Update" ajax="true"]');

    The preview of the block does not display the form but it obviously works on the front end when previewing the page.

    Thanks
    Nick

    August 27, 2022 at 3:14 PM #38087
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    Currently, it is not possible to display a frontend form in the backend, it will lead to some unwanted errors. You can read the details on the file /mb-frontend-submission/src/Shortcode.php

    /*
 * Do not render the shortcode in the admin.
 * Prevent errors with enqueue assets in Gutenberg where requests are made via REST to preload the post content.
 */
if ( is_admin() ) {
	return '';
}
    August 27, 2022 at 5:49 PM #38089
    Nicholas CoxNicholas Cox
    Participant

    Hi, ok no problem. I wanted to be able to preview the form in the backend, not load the enqueued scripts. The reason being is that the block just loads a form and a title, without it there is a blank/empty block. I will have to think of a way around it then.

    thanks

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