How to preview a form before publishing in CornerSpot

Before you share a form anywhere — your website, a public link, the Members portal, or an external embed — it helps to see exactly what visitors will see. Cornerspot's Live Preview renders your form in real time, right next to the builder, so you can catch issues before you publish. This guide shows how to use it.

Where the preview lives

Open any form to land on its detail page. The page is split in two: the Builder on the left, where you add and arrange fields, and the Live Preview on the right, which renders the form in a browser-chrome mockup — exactly as it will look to someone filling it out.

The Forms list in Cornerspot, filtered to the form to preview
The Forms list — open the form you want to preview.
The form detail page in Cornerspot with the Builder and Live Preview panels
The form detail page, with the Builder on the left and the Live Preview on the right.

The preview updates as you work

The Live Preview is not a separate step you have to refresh — it tracks your changes as you make them. Add a field, change the layout, edit a label, or adjust a style, and the preview re-renders instantly.

1. Add a field and watch it appear

Click + Add Field in the Builder and choose a field — for example Phone. The moment it's added, the new field shows up in the Live Preview in its place.

The Add Field button in the Cornerspot form builder
The + Add Field button in the Builder.
Picking a standard field from the Add Field drawer in Cornerspot
Picking a standard field, such as Phone, from the Add Field drawer.
The Cornerspot Live Preview updated to include a newly added field
The Live Preview instantly includes the newly added Phone field.

2. Change the layout and see it rearrange

Click ⚙ Settings and, in the Layout section, switch between Stacked, Horizontal, or Floating. The preview rearranges your fields to match the layout you pick.

The Settings button on the form detail page in Cornerspot
The ⚙ Settings button on the form detail page.
Choosing a form layout in the Cornerspot Form Settings panel
Choosing a layout — the Live Preview follows along.

3. Change the wording and confirm it

In the Details section you can edit the Submit Button Text (and the success message). Click Save settings, and the preview shows your new button label.

Editing the submit button text in the Cornerspot Form Settings panel
Editing the Submit Button Text in the Details section.
The finished form Live Preview in Cornerspot, ready to publish
The finished preview — new field, layout, and submit button all reflected, ready to publish.

What the preview reflects

Use the Live Preview to check the things that matter to whoever fills out your form:

  • Field widths and order — how fields line up side by side and top to bottom.
  • Required markers — which fields are marked as required.
  • The submit button text — the exact label visitors will tap.
  • The layout — stacked, horizontal, or floating labels.
  • Styles — colors, borders, and spacing applied to the form.

When you're happy with it

Once the Live Preview looks exactly right, you can place the form on a website page, or open the Publish… wizard to share it as a link, in your Members portal, or as an external embed — confident it will look the same wherever it lands.

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