I've identified a rendering discrepancy in the Texpresso live preview for the \reflectbox and \scalebox{-1}[1]{...} commands.
While the final PDF compiled externally via latexmk displays the correct horizontally flipped (mirrored) text, the Texpresso live preview pane incorrectly renders the output as a 180-degree rotation.
Minimal Reproducible Example:
The following LaTeX code can be used to observe the issue:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{geometry} % Included to match example screenshot
\begin{document}
% Using \reflectbox
\reflectbox{b}
% Using \scalebox
\scalebox{-1}[1]{g}
\end{document}
Behavior Comparison:
- Correct Output (
latexmk compiled PDF): The characters b and g are correctly mirrored horizontally, as expected.
- Incorrect Output (Texpresso Live Preview): The output characters are rotated by 180 degrees.
This issue suggests that the live preview renderer in Texpresso is misinterpreting the transformation for horizontal reflection.
Attached Screenshots:
Here is a side-by-side comparison. The left image shows the incorrect rendering in the Texpresso preview, and the right image shows the correct output in the final PDF generated by latexmk.

I've identified a rendering discrepancy in the Texpresso live preview for the
\reflectboxand\scalebox{-1}[1]{...}commands.While the final PDF compiled externally via
latexmkdisplays the correct horizontally flipped (mirrored) text, the Texpresso live preview pane incorrectly renders the output as a 180-degree rotation.Minimal Reproducible Example:
The following LaTeX code can be used to observe the issue:
Behavior Comparison:
latexmkcompiled PDF): The charactersbandgare correctly mirrored horizontally, as expected.This issue suggests that the live preview renderer in Texpresso is misinterpreting the transformation for horizontal reflection.
Attached Screenshots:
Here is a side-by-side comparison. The left image shows the incorrect rendering in the Texpresso preview, and the right image shows the correct output in the final PDF generated by
latexmk.