Open document to edit, without the need to press the PENCIL icon

Installation & Configuration
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Dear Community,

I am using Collabora Online, having these infos:

COOLWSD version:24.04.5.1git hash: [48bf0bf]
Collabora Office 24.04.5.1git hash: [1a3f037]
Served by: Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm) [81839af5]

When I open a CSV file to EDIT, I get the blue pencil icon on bottom left corner, that I have to push in order to actually start editing the file:

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How can I configure Collabora so that the user enters DIRECTLY into edit mode, without the need to press that pencil icon?

Thank you!
Steve

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Hii @stephanos welcome to collabora online forum :purple_heart:

Collabora Online does not default to edit mode for all files, including CSVs, for a few reasons:

  • Data Safety & Accidental Edits
    • Many users open files just to view them, not to make changes.
    • Enforcing view-only mode by default prevents accidental modifications, especially in shared environments.

WOPI Protocol Compliance

  • Collabora Online follows the WOPI protocol, which dictates whether a file should open in view or edit mode based on the UserCanWrite flag.
  • This decision is often controlled by the hosting platform .

Checkout the UserCanwrite flag How to integrate — SDK https://sdk.collaboraonline.com/ documentation

Thanks
Darshan

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Hi Darshan,

Thank you for the reply! Really appreciate!

I already use that UserCanWrite flag to control user access to the file. In case of EDIT, I set the value to TRUE, but I still have the PENCIL icon showing up, and have to click to actually edit the file.

I do understand the reasons for restrictions.

Nevertheless in my use-case, I would need to NOT NEED to click the pencil to actually start editing, but start the editing right away, after load.
So if still, there is a possibility, I would love to know that, how to solve this.

Thanks in advance!
Istvan

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Hii @stephanos

I think that might happening because of your screen resolution? So cases like tablet or phone we render UI differently then normal, and in that case it may possible what you see is the tablet based view.