restrict-editing.md

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title	Restrict editing in Blazor DOCX Editor | Syncfusion
description	Learn how to enable Restrict Editing in the Blazor DOCX Editor to securely manage document access and control user modifications.
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control	DocumentEditor
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Restrict editing in Blazor DOCX Editor

Syncfusion® Blazor Word Processor control (Document Editor) provides support for restricting editing within a document. It enables control over how and where content can be modified. This helps limit editing so only specific sections of the document can be changed.

Read only mode

Document Editor supports protecting a document in read-only mode, where users can only view the content without making changes.

The following code example shows how to restrict or protect editing for the entire content (show as read-only).

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DocumentEditor

<button @onclick="ReadOnly">Read Only</button>
<SfDocumentEditorContainer @ref="container" EnableToolbar=true></SfDocumentEditorContainer>

@code {
    SfDocumentEditorContainer container;

    public void ReadOnly(object args)
    {
        container.RestrictEditing = true;
    }
}

Form filling mode

Document Editor supports protecting a document with form-filling restrictions, allowing users to edit only form fields.

The following code example illustrates how to enforce form-filling protection in the Document Editor.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DocumentEditor

<button @onclick="EnforceProtection">Enforce Protection</button>
<button @onclick="StopProtection">Stop Protection</button>
<SfDocumentEditorContainer @ref="container" EnableToolbar=true></SfDocumentEditorContainer>

@code {
    SfDocumentEditorContainer container;

    public async void EnforceProtection(object args)
    {
        // enforce form fields only protection
        await container.DocumentEditor.Editor.EnforceProtectionAsync("123", ProtectionType.FormFieldsOnly);
    }

    public async void StopProtection(object args)
    {
        // stop the document protection
        await container.DocumentEditor.Editor.StopProtectionAsync("123");
    }
}

Comments only mode

Document Editor supports protecting a document in comments-only mode, allowing users to add or edit comments only.

The following code example illustrates how to enforce and remove comments-only protection in the Document Editor.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DocumentEditor

<button @onclick="EnforceProtection">Enforce Protection</button>
<button @onclick="StopProtection">Stop Protection</button>
<SfDocumentEditorContainer @ref="container" EnableToolbar=true></SfDocumentEditorContainer>

@code {
    SfDocumentEditorContainer container;

    public async void EnforceProtection(object args)
    {
        // enforce comments only protection
        await container.DocumentEditor.Editor.EnforceProtectionAsync("123", ProtectionType.CommentsOnly);
    }

    public async void StopProtection(object args)
    {
        // stop the document protection
        await container.DocumentEditor.Editor.StopProtectionAsync("123");
    }
}

Track changes only mode

Document Editor supports protecting a document in revisions-only mode, allowing users to view the document and make corrections while tracking all changes. Users cannot accept or reject tracked changes; only the author can review and finalize them later.

The following code example illustrates how to enforce and remove revisions-only protection in the Document Editor.

@using Syncfusion.Blazor.DocumentEditor

<button @onclick="EnforceProtection">Enforce Protection</button>
<button @onclick="StopProtection">Stop Protection</button>
<SfDocumentEditorContainer @ref="container" EnableToolbar=true></SfDocumentEditorContainer>

@code {
    SfDocumentEditorContainer container;

    public async void EnforceProtection(object args)
    {
        // enforce revisions only protection
        await container.DocumentEditor.Editor.EnforceProtectionAsync("123", ProtectionType.RevisionsOnly);
    }

    public async void StopProtection(object args)
    {
        // stop the document protection
        await container.DocumentEditor.Editor.StopProtectionAsync("123");
    }
}

Allows changes to certain portion of the document

Also, at some situations, you might need to allow changes for a certain portion of the document alone. Microsoft Word allows you to make changes to parts of a Word document. Likewise, the document editor control allows the users to make changes to certain parts of a document using similar user interface.

Set current user

The CurrentUser property can be used to authorize the current document user by name, email, or user group.

The following code example demonstrates how to set the CurrentUser.

container.DocumentEditor.CurrentUser = "engineer@mycompany.com";

Highlighting the text area

The UserColor property can be used to highlight the editable region of the current user.

The following code example demonstrates how to set the UserColor.

container.DocumentEditor.UserColor = "#fff000";

The HighlightEditableRanges property can be used to toggle the highlighting of editable regions.

The following code example demonstrates how to enable or disable editable region highlighting.

container.DocumentEditor.DocumentEditorSettings.HighlightEditableRanges = true;

Online Demo

Explore how to restrict editing and protect Word documents using the Blazor Document Editor in this live demo here.