# Bad live preview in Elements - bug?

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bad-live-preview-in-elements-bug/53748>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Elements\
**Created:** [January 20, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bad-live-preview-in-elements-bug/53748 "2026-01-20T15:40:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Rich2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rich2020](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rich2020)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 3:40pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bad-live-preview-in-elements-bug/53748/1 "2026-01-20T15:40:34Z")

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I’m getting some faulty previews in Elements (not the first time). I’m using osx 13.7.8.

Today I’ve spent time trying to troubleshoot alignment/layout with cards in a grid (off centre and cropping from the right). By chance, I noticed that the design, seen in a browser preview, was correctly centred and there was no cropping. - See attached video.

Has anybody else experienced problems like this?

@Dan - This is the second time I’ve had preview problems, can you shed any light on this?

Thanks all, Richard

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**Author:** ![Rich2020](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rich2020](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/Rich2020)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2026, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bad-live-preview-in-elements-bug/53748/2 "2026-01-20T19:17:46Z")

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RESOLVED - Fixed by restarting computer.

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**Author:** ![dan](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/dan/32/28516_2.png) [@dan](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/dan)\
**Post date:** [January 21, 2026, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/bad-live-preview-in-elements-bug/53748/3 "2026-01-21T10:10:12Z")

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That looked like a strange one, glad you got it sorted ☺