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title: "Form Designer View Mode"
slug: "form-designer-view-mode"
updated: 2025-10-09T14:16:31Z
published: 2025-10-09T14:16:31Z
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# Form Designer View Mode

## Overview

View Mode is a new enhancement introduced in v9.16 that allows users to open and review a Form without making changes or breaking active user session locks. When one user is editing a Form, other users can still open the same Form in View Mode to review its configuration in real time without interrupting the editing session.

Note:The Form Designer and Page Designer essentially provide the same functionality in terms of design and View Mode access, offering read-only inspection of layouts, fields, and configurations without affecting ongoing edits.

#### Key Benefits

- **Prevents Lock Conflicts**: Eliminates accidental lock overrides when multiple users need to access the same Form.
- **Safe, Read-Only Access**: Users can view all Form details without the risk of making unintended changes.
- **Improved Collaboration**: Stakeholders, reviewers, and non-technical team members can simultaneously explore the logic and configuration of the Form.
- **Faster Reviews & Approvals**: Reduces bottlenecks by allowing concurrent viewing while editing is in progress.

## Accessing View Mode

Users can access Form Designer View Mode in two ways:

1. **User Action on Form**: Right-click on any Form and select Open in View Mode.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1759940540847.png)
2. **Lock Entity Dialog**: A Form can be opened in View Mode when it is locked by an active user session (i.e., another user currently has it open for editing). When a user opens the Form Designer, a locked Form icon appears to indicate its status. Clicking on a locked Form will display a prompt with a newly added option to Open the Form in View Mode.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1759940586590.png)
3. Once opened in View Mode, users will see the Form Designer in View Mode with a label indicator at the top left stating that the Form is opened in View Mode.  
![](https://cdn.document360.io/6ef8bcc1-6489-4486-9ad1-83acff7e5df0/Images/Documentation/image-1759940614777.png)

## Capabilities and Restrictions in View Mode

#### Users cannot perform the following actions in View Mode:

- Save or create a checkpoint
- Cut, copy, paste, add, delete, or move the position of controls
- Update any properties or configurations
- Refresh the health score
- Ignore or unignore validations

#### Although View Mode is read-only, users can still:

- Open the Properties Panel to view the configuration data of the Form and Controls
- Open Additional dialogs from the properties panel to view configurations, e.g., Active Form Flows
- Copy text from the Properties Panel or other areas (all text is selectable)