Hi Saine, much love to your music!
I’ve shared a nice (and easy!) trick that makes something close to this possible - you’re not previewing the selection, but playing in any pitch from a slice marker:
https://forum.renoise.com/t/play-samples-from-any-position-in-any-pitch/46801
And certainly better than having to fiddle around with some option inside a menu, like in 2.x 