In Shader Graph, some times show a live preview, such as the output of something being multiplied by Time:
However, this live change doesn’t seem to flow through to the final output of the shader graph, to the final preview window. Is there a way to get the final preview to update in realtime? Right now, I’m having to actually run the game to verify that time-based effects play out the way I want.
Just here to say that I noticed this problem too and I’m surprised no one else bothered to report it too after OP did last October 
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