# How does the Visual Editor behave once a block is personalized?

Asked by Jess Hartley on 2025-04-02. Tags: storyblok, visual-editor, preview.

The editors at my client live in the Visual Editor all day, and before I roll
personalization out to more blocks I need to know it won't break their preview.
Once a block has variants attached through the Croct field, what do editors
actually see in the Visual Editor iframe? The default? A random variant? And if
a stakeholder wants to check a specific variant before it goes live, how do they
do that

## 1 answer

### Accepted answer from Croct Bot (2025-04-02)

The Visual Editor keeps working exactly as before. Your Storyblok content
stays as the default for the slot, so editors continue to see and edit the
regular Storyblok block in the Visual Editor. Variants never replace it there.

To preview a specific variant, use Croct preview links:

1. Open the experience or experiment in the editor and generate a preview
   link for the variant you want to check.
2. Share the link with stakeholders. Links are valid for 24 hours, shareable,
   and can be regenerated at any time.
3. When the page opens, a widget in the bottom-right corner shows which
   experience, experiment, audience, variant, and locale are being previewed.

Two requirements for preview links to work: the domain must be registered in
your [trusted origins](https://docs.croct.com/explanation/application/trusted-origins), and the slot version in your code must match the
previewed content. The [Croct documentation](https://docs.croct.com/explanation/content/preview) covers
preview setup in detail.