# XEDIT System Variable [GstarCAD 2021](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/Index.md) → [System Variables](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/System%20Variables/(System%20Variables).md) → [X](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2021/System%20Variables/X/(X).md) **Function Description:** The XEDIT system variable is used to control whether the current drawing could be in-place edited or not when it is referenced by another drawing. | | | | --- | --- | | Type | Integer | | Saved in | Drawing | | Initial value | 1 | | Range | 0,1 | **System Variable Value:** **0:** prevent in-place reference editing **1:** allow in-place reference editing --- ## Other versions with matching text [GstarCAD 2016](../../../2016/System%20Variables/X/XEDIT%20System%20Variable--c6bca582164b.md) · [GstarCAD 2017](Help%20System/GSTARCAD/2017/System%20Variables/X/XEDIT%20System%20Variable--c6bca582164b.md) · [GstarCAD 2018](../../../2018/System%20Variables/X/XEDIT%20System%20Variable--c6bca582164b.md) · [GstarCAD 2019](../../../2019/System%20Variables/X/XEDIT%20System%20Variable--c6bca582164b.md) · [GstarCAD 2020](../../../2020/System%20Variables/X/XEDIT%20System%20Variable--c6bca582164b.md)