# \#editcontext

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## [Feature for plugins to have global edit permissions](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/feature-for-plugins-to-have-global-edit-permissions/5071)

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**Author:** [@Velara](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Velara)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/feature-for-plugins-to-have-global-edit-permissions/5071 "2022-11-06T22:55:49Z")

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Feature request for a plugin to request permission to have global edit context permissions for the functionality of the plugin. For example, in one of my plugins I list all nodes in a panel that have a certain property,…

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## [How to change the user's current selection](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-change-the-users-current-selection/1530)

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**Author:** [@thatgalnatalie](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/thatgalnatalie)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 30, 2019, 9:24pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/how-to-change-the-users-current-selection/1530 "2019-12-30T21:24:36Z")

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I’m trying to set the user’s current selection to the parent node by doing the following: selection.items = \[selection.items\[0\].parent\] Also tried this: selection.items = selection.items\[0\].parent I keep getting an …

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## [Font Replacement using walkDownTree](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/font-replacement-using-walkdowntree/1200)

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**Author:** [@wzad](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/wzad)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [August 30, 2019, 3:04pm UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/font-replacement-using-walkdowntree/1200 "2019-08-30T15:04:57Z")

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I am trying to create a plugin to replace all fonts in a document (or within a selection). It works fine sometimes but other times it fails with errors like: Plugin Error: Plugin made a change outside the current edit c…

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## [Selecting parent node returns Error: Cannot select node outside the current edit context's scope](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/selecting-parent-node-returns-error-cannot-select-node-outside-the-current-edit-contexts-scope/964)

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**Author:** [@Velara](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/u/Velara)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 2, 2019, 12:37am UTC](https://forums.creativeclouddeveloper.com/t/selecting-parent-node-returns-error-cannot-select-node-outside-the-current-edit-contexts-scope/964 "2019-07-02T00:37:26Z")

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I’m attempting to set the selection to the parent scene node and getting this error: Error: Cannot select node outside the current edit context’s scope I know there was some updates with the edit context. Is there a …