Live edits

Edit pages in real-time with other collaborators

With live edits enabled, members in your org can edit a space without creating a change request. When editing content, you can see the avatars of anyone currently viewing the space in the top-right corner.

GitBook supports live collaboration, meaning you’ll be able to work on the same document with multiple members at the same time.

Live edits are locked by default in any newly created space. To edit the content, you will either need to create a change request, or toggle live edits on.

Toggling live edit mode

You can toggle live edit mode in a space by selecting Lock live edits or Unlock live edits from the space header’s Actions menu .

When a space is in Live edits mode, the space header will show the Editor tab. When it is in Locked live edits mode, the space header will show a Read-only tab. When the Read-only tab appears in the space header, you will need to open a change request to edit the content of the page, or unlock live edits.

When is live editing not available?

You cannot unlock live editing if:

1. a space is published with the In collection, Public, or Unlisted visibility option.

2. a space has GitHub or GitLab Sync enabled.

Only administrators and creators can lock or unlock live edits.