Introduction
What does it do?
This extension adds editing tools to the frontend, allowing backend users to edit, hide, delete, and reorder content elements and pages without leaving the site.
The extension injects a small JavaScript into the frontend that generates action links to the TYPO3 backend, bridging the gap between frontend preview and backend editing.
Features
- Edit Menu - Quick access to edit, hide, delete, and move content elements
- Toolbar - Page-level actions and toggle for frontend editing
- Site Settings - Per-site configuration via YAML
- PSR-14 Events - Customize menus with custom actions
- Data ViewHelper - Add edit links for related records (e.g., news items)
- Dark/Light Mode - Automatic or manual color scheme selection
- Configurable Position - 12 toolbar positions available
- Save & Close - Quick return to frontend after editing
- Inline Editing (experimental) - Edit content directly in the frontend without navigating to the backend (TYPO3 v13: iframe modal, TYPO3 v14.2+: contextual sidebar)
New in version 2.2.0
Contextual Editing Sidebar — An experimental feature that allows editors
to edit content elements and page properties in a sidebar panel directly in the
frontend. Leverages TYPO3 v14.2's record_edit_contextual route.
See Contextual Editing for details.
New in version 2.3.0
Iframe Modal Editor — An experimental slide-in iframe modal that brings inline editing to TYPO3 v13. Opens the backend edit form in a panel directly in the frontend — no configuration required. See Contextual Editing for details.
Note
This is not a further development of the "original" extension frontend_editing. It is similar in some ways to the realisation of the feedit extension. This extension is an independent implementation with a different approach. See Delineation for a detailed comparison with related extensions like visual_editor and content_preview.
Support
There are several ways to get support for this extension:
License
This extension is licensed under GNU General Public License 2.0 (or later).