{"id":6664,"date":"2017-11-07T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/?p=6664"},"modified":"2017-11-07T14:12:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T14:12:38","slug":"inline-editing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/inline-editing\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Inline Editing: The All-New Live Text Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6664\" class=\"elementor elementor-6664\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fr2wkn4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fr2wkn4\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-wegtpne\" data-id=\"wegtpne\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-u1c5e4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"u1c5e4a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We&#8217;ve just released Elementor 1.8, with the much anticipated <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/resources\/glossary\/elementor\/what-is-inline-editing\/\">Inline Editing<\/a> feature.<\/p><p>Our new Elementor UI will make you want to stop everything and start writing content. Writing landing pages, blog posts, all is now possible with Elementor while writing directly on the frontend of the page.<\/p><p>I am very excited about this new Elementor version. In fact, I am writing this very post while using the new Inline Editing feature.<\/p><p>Our challenge with this version was to keep the current interface you know and love, and integrate inline editing in a seamless and user friendly way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-563jx5i elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"563jx5i\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03g4fqz elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"03g4fqz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">When Is  Inline Editing Handy?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dj1macn elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dj1macn\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Writing on the left panel is still available, but there are many situations where you are likely to prefer writing directly on the edit screens. Here are some situations like that:<\/p><ul><li>Fixing spelling mistakes or changing phrasing on current content<\/li><li>Creating long form blog posts<\/li><li>Optimizing <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/features\/landing-page-builder\/\"   title=\"landing page\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2331\">landing page<\/a> copy<\/li><\/ul><p>This is a huge advancement for Elementor&#8217;s page design experience, and it&#8217;s an extremely helpful feature for content writers, marketers, designers and site owners alike.<\/p><p>This feature has been incorporated in most of our widgets with text controls, and we will add it to the entire list in the next release.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fp8loih elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fp8loih\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-smlreg4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"smlreg4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Inline Editing Built For Developers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-jahvtti elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"jahvtti\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you develop themes, addons or extensions for Elementor, you are invited to learn more about this cool new feature of inline Editing through the documentation we prepared. This feature has been added in the current version.<\/p><p>As of version 1.8.0, you can define 3 inline editing states for each textual control in the panel:<\/p><ol><li>Inline text editing without any toolbar (just typing text inline)<\/li><li>Inline text editing with a basic toolbar including: <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/text-bold\/\"   title=\"bold\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"6798\">bold<\/a>, italic and underline buttons<\/li><li>Inline text editing with an advanced toolbar, including: adding\/removing links, H1-H6 heading, blockquote, preformatting and bulleted or numbered list buttons<\/li><\/ol><p>Keep in mind that we recommend to use inline editing in the following way: for <strong>wysiwyg control<\/strong> use the advanced toolbar, for <strong>textarea<\/strong> control use the basic toolbar and for <strong>simple text<\/strong> control you should not have toolbars (simple inline editing).<\/p><p>You can see an <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pojome\/elementor-hello-world\/blob\/master\/widgets\/inline-editing.php?utm_source=Elementor&amp;utm_campaign=37211c5b8e-v170_beta_rc1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_34c18994e0-37211c5b8e-126930161\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">example widget<\/a> that uses all the new inline editing features in our <em>Hello World<\/em> plugin for Elementor.<\/p><p>To define a specific area in the element to be editable inline, use the newly introduced <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pojome\/elementor\/blob\/84731d0f5d4f4f73dc8522d108f1e2e5b62f224d\/includes\/base\/widget-base.php?utm_source=Elementor&amp;utm_campaign=37211c5b8e-v170_beta_rc1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_34c18994e0-37211c5b8e-126930161#L575-L596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">add_inline_editing_attributes()<\/a> method. More advanced widgets that use repeater fields will be able to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/pojome\/elementor\/blob\/84731d0f5d4f4f73dc8522d108f1e2e5b62f224d\/includes\/base\/widget-base.php?utm_source=Elementor&amp;utm_campaign=37211c5b8e-v170_beta_rc1&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_34c18994e0-37211c5b8e-126930161#L547-L570\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">get_repeater_setting_key()<\/a> method to add inline editing capabilities for specific items. Both methods are well documented and has code examples.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f12ygz elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"5f12ygz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-t2z54ah elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"t2z54ah\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Better Code Editor<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3hrt5g1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3hrt5g1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/custom-css.gif\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6704\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-xwhuu5w elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"xwhuu5w\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Version 1.8 also introduces a much easier way to write custom <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/blog\/what-is-css\/\"   title=\"CSS\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"4259\">CSS<\/a> and HTML code in Elementor, with an <strong>autocomplete code editor<\/strong> built-in.<\/p><p>You start writing &#8216;back&#8217;&#8230; and Elementor autocompletes it to &#8216;background&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p><p>This code hinting, or code completion, allows you to add your custom code faster, as well as help you avoid those small spelling mistakes that are easily overlooked and can take forever to pinpoint.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-qwmvo2q elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"qwmvo2q\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Another UX improvement is <strong>Line Wrap<\/strong>. When you write HTML or custom CSS until the end of the line, the text will automatically move to the next line, keeping all of your content visible in the panel.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-etc600x elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"etc600x\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-wrl5shy elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"wrl5shy\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Future Of Inline Editing<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-t0eegqz elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"t0eegqz\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>With this version, we&#8217;ve seen huge improvements that all have to do with writing content and code in Elementor.\u00a0<\/p><p>These are part of UI improvements that we keep making on the core of Elementor, to make sure it keeps getting better and better.<\/p><p>We&#8217;ve recently reached 300K active installs, and we are both proud of this achievement, and aware of the responsibility that comes with it, to keep providing all our users with the most cutting edge <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/products\/page-builder-plugin\/\"   title=\"page builder\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"2150\">page builder<\/a> on the market.<\/p><p><strong>If you like the new Inline Editing feature, send us a short shout-out in the comments, and feel free to also support us by adding your positive feedback on <a href=\"https:\/\/go.elementor.com\/review\/\">WordPress.org<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With Elementor version 1.8, we&#8217;ve completely changed the way you write in Elementor. 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