Keep side panes active when editing block

In Episerver CMS UI 11.34.0, we added small improvement to quick block editing.

Now, only the main editing area is greyed out and the editor can use the page tree and assets pane to drag and drop content to a ContentArea in a dialog box.

Mar 31, 2021

Comments

Ravindra S. Rathore Mar 31, 2021 09:13 AM

Nice to see this. It will be helpful for editors

David Knipe Mar 31, 2021 10:36 AM

A wonderful and useful addition!

Scott Reed Mar 31, 2021 10:37 AM

Nice, I oven have overridden the CSS for when using property lists for the exact same reason.

Karen McDougall Apr 6, 2021 10:49 AM

This is great! Thanks!

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