edit mode

Changing content actively

Edit mode is a state in software where content can be modified rather than just viewed.

Applications toggle between viewing and editing: Click the pencil icon to enter edit mode.

The term appears across word processors, spreadsheets, video games, and web platforms—anywhere the interface distinguishes between passive consumption and active manipulation of data.

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undo · ctrl z · redo · save · save as · delete · insert · cut and paste · toolbar · changes · preview · publish · read only · markup · text · document · workspace · sandbox

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modifiability

edit moderead-only

Viewable but not changeable

preview mode · display mode · locked

user action type

edit modereading mode

Display setting for text

spectator mode

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