Instance preview in Glyphs 3?

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Has the instance preview gone in Glyphs 3 or am I missing something (would be “Export preview” now, of course)?
I think it is crucial to have a a live preview of the instance/export while I am playing around with the numbers and, unfortunately, the preview bar does not update while I am in the Font Info dialog, and it does not even update once I click onto the edit view. I need to re-size the preview bar or modify a contour to trigger the update. Any chance this could be fixed?

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It has been on our list, but not with the highest priority.

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Please make it a priority. It’s an important feature.

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I fixed the updating of the instance preview when changing values in Font Info.

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I am not sure I understand. I see no Instance Preview at all in the Export section, why are you talking about ‘updating’ it if there is not such preview.

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I mean that at least the preview below the edit view would update when the instance settings are changed.

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Then please restore the Instance Preview in the Export section as soon as you can. Upgrading to 3 shouldn’t mean losing good features.

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If the preview bar updates instantly then that’s probably even more convenient than having it in the Font Info dialog. Looking forward to trying it out.

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Possible trick to get even closer to the previous feature: In the preview bar, auto-select the instance that is currently active in the Font Info. Could be quite neat!

Like the “currently active master” is a semi-global concept, so could be the “current instance”.

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At least for previewing just axis value changes (no filters/custom parameters), I wrote a script for this, you can also then insert the respective values as an instance or intermediate layer: