Title: Cannot edit Elementor widgets – edit tools missing
Last modified: May 14, 2018

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# Cannot edit Elementor widgets – edit tools missing

 *  Resolved [evollo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evollo/)
 * (@evollo)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing/)
 * When we edit with Elementor, the full edit screen loads. The problem occurs when
   we click the edit (pencil) icon to edit a particular widget. At that point the
   editing tools sidebar is completely grey. No tools or edit windows appear. We
   can still make changes in the front-end editing window, but either the changes
   are not saved, or if they are saved, they do not dispaly properly on the live
   site. We can still add a section and add a widget, but after it is saved we can
   no longer edit it.
 * We have tried a number of things and in each case the problem persists:
    – Deactivated
   all plugins except Elementor. – Deactivated and reactivated Elementor. – Deactivated
   other Elementor-related plugins. – Switched to Twenty-Seventeen theme. (We use
   Twenty-Seventeen child). – Switched browsers (we tried Chrome, Firefox, Edge).–
   Flushed the server cache. – Rolled back to the previous Elementor version (2.0.11
   rolled back to 2.0.10 and back again). – Checked memory requirements.
 * Any suggestions?
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fcannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Thread Starter [evollo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evollo/)
 * (@evollo)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing/#post-10280296)
 * We discovered what was causing our issue. Earlier we discovered that calls to
   http:// weren’t properly directing to [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing/?output_format=md).
   When we fixed that issue, it caused Elementor issues because our WP site settings
   was still set to [http://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing/?output_format=md).
   Once we updated the site url to [https://](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing/?output_format=md),
   full Elementor editing tools were again available.
 *  Thread Starter [evollo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evollo/)
 * (@evollo)
 * [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing/#post-10313846)
 * Resolved.

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 * Last reply from: [evollo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/evollo/)
 * Last activity: [7 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-edit-elementor-widgets-edit-tools-missing/#post-10313846)
 * Status: resolved