Providing inline editing

A touted feature of Drupal 8 is the ability to provide inline editing. Inline editing is enabled by default with the standard installation profile through the Quick Edit module. The Quick Edit module allows for editing individual fields while viewing a piece of content and integrates with the Editor module for WYSIWYG editors!

How to do it…

Let's provide inline editing:

  1. Visit a piece of created content.
  2. In order to enable inline editing, you must toggle contextual links on the page by clicking Edit in the upper right of the administrative toolbar:
    How to do it…
  3. This will toggle the contextual links available on the page. Click on the context ...

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