# Preview Mode Caught in Eternal Export Dialogue Cycle

**URL:** <https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-mode-caught-in-eternal-export-dialogue-cycle/10991>\
**Category:** RapidWeaver Classic\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-mode-caught-in-eternal-export-dialogue-cycle/10991 "2016-11-09T23:14:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![A.D.STUDIO](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/a.d.studio/32/9683_2.png) [@A.D.STUDIO](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/A.D.STUDIO)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-mode-caught-in-eternal-export-dialogue-cycle/10991/1 "2016-11-09T23:14:46Z")

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On a few occasions now I’ve experienced an issue where toggling from Edit to Preview mode results in the thing hanging, caught in an eternal loop of the export dialogue information sliding down from the top of the page, and never rendering.

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**Author:** ![isaiah](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/isaiah/32/93_2.png) [@isaiah](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/isaiah)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 6:40am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-mode-caught-in-eternal-export-dialogue-cycle/10991/2 "2016-11-10T06:40:08Z")

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I posted this. I don’t really know much other than I know RMS are aware of the issue.

> [@What happened to "Preview" function?](http://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/what-happened-to-preview-function/10866/3):
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> I suspect this is a repeat-export issue I reported a while back. I know RMS has been working on it. If it is, it’s related to a broken URL on that particular page. This could be from a missing resource on your site. An image that you’ve removed. Or any other type of published content. If you can find the broken link/URL/content/resource and remove it temporarily it will likely work around the issue until it’s solved. If you’re using Stacks it could also be related to a 3rd party stack doing…

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**Author:** ![A.D.STUDIO](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forums.realmacsoftware.com/a.d.studio/32/9683_2.png) [@A.D.STUDIO](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/u/A.D.STUDIO)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2016, 7:51am UTC](https://forums.realmacsoftware.com/t/preview-mode-caught-in-eternal-export-dialogue-cycle/10991/3 "2016-11-10T07:51:07Z")

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Thanks for that Isaiah.