# 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")\
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**Author:** ![AntiMetaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/antimetaman/32/186978_2.png) [@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")

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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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