# When someone else is editing

> Only one person edits a page at a time. See who is there, ask to take over, or hand it over.

Source: https://docs.bifrostorbit.com/cms/editors/editing-together/

The first person to open a page holds it for editing. Everyone else who opens it sees who is editing and can read it, but not change it, so nobody overwrites anyone.

## See who is there

Faces in the top bar show who else has the page open. The holder's name shows next to them.

## Ask to edit

Choose **Ask to edit**. The person editing is asked whether to hand over.

- If they hand over, the page reloads for you with their latest changes, ready to edit.
- If they keep it, you are told.
- If they do not answer within a minute, for example because they left the tab open, you take over.

## When someone leaves

Closing the page lets it go. If a tab is closed without that, the hold runs out after two minutes.