Disable or enable Collaborative Editing

Collaborative editing means everyone in your Workspace can simultaneously edit Docs, List info, Task and Goal Descriptions, and Text cards.

Widgets were renamed to cards on March 9th, 2023.

What you'll need

Use Collaborative Editing

Collaborative editing is available for Docs, List info, Task and Goal Descriptions, and Text cards. A live cursor displays for everyone who's active in the location and edits display in real time. 

GIF demonstrating live cursors and edits displaying in real time.

Depending on where you're using it, Collaborative Editing behaves differently:

Docs Task Descriptions List info, Goal Descriptions, Text cards

Collaborators' icons are displayed in the top right. 

Collaborators' icons display in the bottom-right. 

Collaborators' icons do not display. 

Disable Collaborative Editing

When Collaborative Editing is disabled, multiple people can still make edits.
Depending on where you're using it, non-collaborative behaves differently:
Docs Task Descriptions List info, Goal Descriptions, Text cards
A red box with the editor's name displays when they're actively editing.  
No red box displays.
No red box displays.

Collaborators' icons do not display in the top right.  

Collaborators' icons display in the bottom-right. There's no indication that they are actively editing. 

Collaborators' icons do not display. There's no indication that they're actively editing. 

No live cursor displays.

No live cursor displays.

No live cursor displays.
Edits display in real time.  Page must be refreshed to display changes.  Page must be refreshed to display changes. 
CollaboartiveEditing.png
Edits are automatically saved 1.5 seconds after a person stops typing. If people save simultaneously, the latest save takes priority, and other edits may be lost.
To disable Collaborative Editing:
  1. From the lower-left corner, click your Workspace avatar.
  2. Select ClickApps.
  3. Browse or search for Collaborative Editing.
  4. Disable the ClickApp.
 

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