> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.groupflow.app/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Edit Mode

> Turn on Edit Mode, select what you want to change, and save your edits

Edit Mode is how you change your website. You edit each page in place: click any part of the page, and its editor opens in a sidebar on the left.

You need the **Content Management** permission to use Edit Mode. See [Who can edit the website](/website/overview#who-can-edit-the-website).

## Turning Edit Mode on and off

<Steps>
  <Step title="Go to the page you want to edit">
    Log in, then browse to the page on your website.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Press Edit Mode">
    Press the floating **Edit Mode** button in the lower-right corner of the page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Select something to edit">
    The editor sidebar opens on the left and says "Select an element on the page to edit it." Move your pointer over the page; a box shows which element you're pointing at. Click it to edit it.
  </Step>
</Steps>

While Edit Mode is on, the lower-right corner shows three buttons:

* **Search Website** — find any page on your site, or add a member page
* **Dismiss** — leave Edit Mode
* **Hide** — leave Edit Mode and hide the **Edit Mode** button until you reload the page, so you can see the page as visitors do

You can also leave Edit Mode by closing the sidebar with its **X** button or by pressing **Esc**.

When you go to another page on your site, Edit Mode stays on.

<Note>
  The Edit Mode button doesn't appear on admin pages, or on member account, profile, dues, member list, announcement, forum, and event list pages. Those pages have their own editing tools.
</Note>

### What's different in Edit Mode

* **Clicking selects instead of navigating.** Clicking a link or button selects it for editing instead of following it. To go to another page, use **Search Website**, or leave Edit Mode first.
* **The selected element is outlined**, and the page scrolls to keep it in view.
* **Empty areas show an Add content button**, so you can fill them in.
* **On public pages, a bar appears at the top of the page** with **Page Details**, **New Page**, and a page options menu. See [Pages](/website/pages).
* On the home page, the Welcome Back pop-up stays closed while you edit.

## The editor sidebar

The sidebar shows the editor for whatever you selected. Its heading shows where that element sits on the page, for example **Page › Main Section › Two Columns › Column**. Click an earlier part of that heading to move up and edit the element that contains it.

To select a container instead of something inside it, click an empty gap inside the container. For example, clicking the space between two columns selects the Two Columns element.

### Resizing the sidebar

Drag the sidebar's right edge to make it wider or narrower. Double-click the edge to return it to its default width.

You can also resize it with the keyboard: move focus to the edge (labeled "Resize content editor"), then use the Left and Right arrow keys. Press **Home** or **Enter** to reset it.

Your browser remembers the width you choose.

<Note>
  On a phone, the sidebar covers the whole screen while you edit an element.
</Note>

## Saving your changes

Each editor has a save button at the bottom, usually labeled **Save**. Some editors save different parts separately, for example **Save Elements**, **Save Spacing**, and **Save Background**. Changes go live as soon as you save.

To undo changes you haven't saved yet, press **Cancel**, or close the sidebar.

### If you try to leave without saving

If an editor has unsaved changes and you do something that would close it, GroupFlow asks **Discard unsaved changes?** Choose **Keep editing** to go back, or **Discard** to throw the changes away.

You'll see this if you:

* Select another element
* Press **Search Website**, **Dismiss**, or **Hide**
* Close the sidebar or press **Esc**
* Follow a link, or use your browser's **Back** or **Forward** button

If you reload the page or close the tab, your browser shows its own warning instead.

## Adding, moving, and removing elements

Pages are built from elements: blocks of text, images, columns, buttons, forms, and so on. See [Page Elements](/website/elements) for what each one does.

To add elements to a page, select the page's **Main Section**. Click an empty gap in the main content area of the page, or click the main area in the sidebar's heading. The Main Section editor lists the elements on the page under **Main Section Elements**, with an **Element Library** below it.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Add an element">
    Tap an element in the **Element Library** to add it to the end of the list. Or drag it by its **+** into the list above, to the spot where you want it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Rearrange elements">
    Drag elements by their handles to change their order.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Press **Save Elements**. Your additions, moves, and deletions aren't applied until you do.
  </Step>
</Steps>

Each element in the list has a **Detail** button that opens its editor, and a menu with more actions:

* **Clone element** — Adds a copy of the element, and everything inside it, directly below the original.
* **Delete element** — Removes the element. GroupFlow asks you to confirm first.
* **Publish element** / **Unpublish element** — Shows or hides the element on your site. See below.

Columns inside a [Two Columns](/website/elements#two-columns) element work the same way, with a **Column Elements** list and their own **Element Library**. In a column, each element's menu has only **Delete element**.

### Published and draft elements

An unpublished element is a draft: it stays in your editor with a **Draft** badge, but it doesn't appear on your website. Use this to prepare content before you show it, or to take something down temporarily without deleting it.

Elements you add from the Element Library are published.

## Editing outside Edit Mode

On the event editing pages, members with the Events or Content Management permission see a small **Edit** link under the instructions text. It opens the same editor sidebar for that text.


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