# Editor Modes

## Content



The Editor control gives you full control over the mode of editor used for opening the document. It provides the following modes for viewing the document:

| **Editor Modes** | **Snapshots** | **Descriptions** |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Design Mode |   ![Design Mode](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/c8989ae3-804c-4f29-b5ce-fe6b13c0a9e3/images/design-mode.png)  Design Mode     | This view displays the text editor's content in a What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get (WYSIWYG) format. Here, you can add content without markup. |
| Preview Mode |   ![Preview Mode](https://cdn.mescius.io/document-site-files/images/c8989ae3-804c-4f29-b5ce-fe6b13c0a9e3/images/preview-mode.png)  Preview Mode     | This mode is only for viewing the content and editing is not possible. |

By default, editing is enabled in Editor as the default view is set as design mode and the [DesignEdit](/componentone/docs/win/online-editor-net/) property is set to **true**. However, you can choose to view documents in preview mode by setting the **DesignEdit** property to **false** as demonstrated in the following code.

```csharp
c1Editor1.DesignEdit = false;
```