Optimize Story Loading
In Optimized Story Experience, you can improve your story's performance by loading restricted contents.
You can choose how the story is loaded in both edit time and view time. From Edit section in the toolbar, select 
(Refresh) 
Loading Optimization Settings
. Select one of the following loading options:
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Viewport Loading (Default) | Improves performance by only loading the contents that are in the visible area of the screen. Contents are loaded until you stop scrolling. Works in view time only. |
| Background Loading | Improves performance by first loading the visible contents and then invisible ones in the background. Works in view time only. |
| None | All the contents are loaded when the story is opened. This option isn't available in view time. |
For more information about the loading options, see the following sections.
If you choose viewport or background loading, you can still load widgets out of the viewport or hidden in view time by selecting Always initialize on startup in the Styling panel, which overwrites the loading settings. For more information, see Initialize Widgets on Startup (Optimized Story Experience).
Restrict Content Loading to the Visible Area of the Screen
You can speed up your story's view time performance by choosing to only load the contents in the visible area. Instead of waiting for all of the contents in your story to load, you can start interacting with the data right away.
Other contents are installed when you scroll to a new section, but not until you stop scrolling.
Tables are not supported for viewport loading.
Load Contents in the Background
Different from viewport loading, visible contents are still loaded in view time, which are displayed to story viewers at first. In a second step, invisible contents are initialized in the background to be available.
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Whose status is hidden in view time
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In the visible area
Load All the Contents
All the contents are loaded on initialization, which applies to both edit time and view time.
In edit time, if you choose to load all the contents, later viewers can't change the loading settings in view time.