One editor at a time: Request edit and Take control

Lovely Seating lets one person edit a shared wedding at a time. Everyone else can watch the plan, but their copy is view-only until it’s their turn. It means two people can never move the same guest in different directions, and nobody’s work gets overwritten.

This isn’t live co-editing like Google Docs. Think of it as passing a pen: whoever holds it edits, and anyone else who can edit can ask for it.

Who’s editing right now

When more than one person has the wedding open, a bar appears under the top bar. It shows everyone’s initials, and the person editing has a small pencil badge. It also tells you where you stand:

• You’re editing: go ahead, your changes save as usual.
• [Name] is editing: you’re in view-only mode for now.

If you try to change something while someone else is editing, you’ll see: Someone else is editing right now — tap “Request edit” to make changes.

Ask for a turn

1. 1

   Click Request edit

   It’s in the bar. The button changes to Request sent…
2. 2

   The editor hands over

   The person editing sees [Your name] wants to edit, with Hand over editing and Not now. Any change they were making is saved first.
3. 3

   Start editing

   Your copy reloads with their latest changes, and the bar says You’re editing.

If they click Not now, nothing changes. Give them a minute, or send them a message, then ask again.

Take control (owner only)

The wedding’s owner also sees Take control. Click it and confirm Take over in the window that asks Take over editing? The person who was editing switches to view-only straight away. Their last change is saved first, so nothing is lost.

Who sees which button

• Owner: Request edit and Take control.
• Editor: Request edit only.
• Viewer: no buttons. Viewers can never edit, so they don’t take turns. See editors and viewers.
• The person editing: incoming requests, with Hand over editing and Not now.

When the editor leaves

If the person editing closes the wedding or loses their connection, editing passes automatically to the next editor who has it open, the one who arrived first. No one needs to do anything.

Seeing their changes while you wait

A view-only copy checks for new changes about every 20 seconds, and again whenever you come back to the tab. You’ll see the editor’s work appear without reloading.