Overview

Emulate User Mode is an option in the MegaEdit editor for store administrators. As an administrator you can move, resize and change every field in a template, even the ones your customers cannot. Emulate User Mode switches the editor to customer behaviour, so you can check that your template works the way you intended for the people who use it.

Step-by-step

1. Open the product in the editor as an administrator

   Open a MegaEdit productA product type in Infigo that uses the browser-based MegaEdit editor to let customers personalise templates online. on your storefront while signed in as an administrator and click Start. As an administrator every field is unlocked: selecting a field shows move, resize and rotate handles - even on fields your customers cannot move - and locked elements such as the background can be selected. Double-clicking text opens Text Options with an extra field settings tab and the Arrange and Manage sections.

   Administrator view: handles on every field

   

   Administrator Text Options: five tabs

   

2. Switch on Emulate User Mode

   Click Menu at the top of the editor. Under Admin Product Options, click Emulate User Mode: Off. The editor redraws the design with customer behaviour - nothing is saved and the design does not change. Only administrators see this option.

   Menu > Admin Product Options > Emulate User Mode

   

3. Check your field locks

   [EMU] now appears before the product name and in the browser tab, so you can see the mode is on. Click your fields as a customer would: a field that is not allowed to move stays in place with no handles, and locked elements such as the background can no longer be selected. If a field moves when it should not, change its settings in the template and check again.

   [EMU] before the product name

   

   The text stays in place - no handles

   

4. Check the options your customers get

   Double-click a text field. Text Options now shows what a customer gets - the field settings tab, Arrange and Manage are gone. Use this to confirm which formatting options your customers can change.

   Customer Text Options: four tabs

   

5. Switch it off again

   Open Menu and click Emulate User Mode: On to go back to the administrator view. The mode is remembered for this design - even if you refresh the page - until you switch it off or close your browser. Other products and new designs open in the normal administrator view.

   Emulate User Mode: On - click to switch off

   

6. Test the full customer experience in a private window

   Emulate User Mode only changes how the editor behaves in your browser. You are still signed in as an administrator, so it does not show: details filled in from the customer's own account, such as personalised fields that pre-populate from their details; anything that depends on their customer roles, department, catalogue access or prices; or the editor exactly as they see it - the admin options stay in your menu, and a few administrator settings can still appear in some panels. To see a product exactly as a customer does, open your storefront in a private (incognito) window or another browser, sign in with a test customer account that has the same roles as your customers, and open the product there. Keep your administrator session in your normal window to make changes and compare.

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