# Editing a post quickly
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [November 22, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289 "2023-11-22T05:41:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@AntiMetaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AntiMetaman)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 5:41am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289/1 "2023-11-22T05:41:04Z")
This is a simple yet very important question. Often, we want to edit a post on a forum. Currently, I have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the post, click on the 3 dots and then click the pencil button to edit. This entire process can be cumbersome for very long posts.
I think that there should be a faster way to edit a post from the **top** of a post rather than the bottom to avoid scrolling all the way down each time. This pencil icon can be near the top right corner for editing posts quickly or it can be an option that the admin can set from the admin panel to decide if they additionally want to have options in the top of a post. This won’t conflict with the pencil icon that shows what was last edited. That is a orange color. The original pencil icon for editing can remain gray with hover over black.
Correct me if there’s an easier way and I’m just missing it. (I can see even in this post however)
Thank you
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 7:10am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289/2 "2023-11-22T07:10:47Z")
I kind of like that idea, but on other hand I dislike when things are here, there and everywhere. But… we have several locations to delete/destroy…
Cog-menu on top right would be suitable location.
So +1 from me and I would use that option too.
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### Author:  [@Moin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Moin)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 7:24am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289/3 "2023-11-22T07:24:53Z")
In my opinion the easiest way is [fast edit](https://meta.discourse.org/t/introducing-fast-edit/204182). You can not only edit from the buttom (and top) of the post but also from everywhere. Especially when you want to change a small part of a long post, you don’t have to scroll anywhere. I sometimes even mark just one common word (or even just a letter) and take advantage of the effect that this opens the normal edit, because fast edit cannot tell where that word is. So this is my preferred way to the normal edit:
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [November 22, 2023, 7:42am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289/4 "2023-11-22T07:42:25Z")
It works when fixing typos. But editing or adding more than two three words… no.
Sure we can use it… more creative way painting something funny as comma or another special characters, because then will editor open. But if I have to choose between direct link or paste → editing → hoping editor will open I prefer menu every time.
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### Author:  [@AntiMetaman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/AntiMetaman)
#### Post date: [November 24, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289/5 "2023-11-24T17:45:42Z")
Hmm, it seems this was already discussed here before:
> [@Add 'Edit Body' pencil at top of post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-edit-body-pencil-at-top-of-post/124733):
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> Hi, As a moderator, I end up code-formatting the posts of a lot of new (and not-so-new roll_eyes) users. Generally these people have done an unformatted post of potentially hundreds of lines of server logging. I can usually tell that from the first screenfull. Unfortunately, I have to scroll past all that to get to the edit pencil. It would definitely ease some UX friction for me if I could enter edit mode for the body from the top of the post too.
I will say that pressing the ‘j’ key doesn’t really solve it. Lots of users don’t know this shortcut and the point of a user interface is to be able to do things without having to know a keyboard shortcut.
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### Author:  [@JammyDodger](https://meta.discourse.org/u/JammyDodger)
#### Post date: [March 19, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/editing-a-post-quickly/286289/6 "2024-03-19T13:21:59Z")
Closed in favour of [Add 'Edit Body' pencil at top of post](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-edit-body-pencil-at-top-of-post/124733)