EditPage in Site Actions is disabled (MOSS 2007)

Have you ever tried to edit a page and found that the Edit Page was disabled or wouldn’t even show up under Site Actions.

This may happen due to several reasons:

1. By default all List's "NewForm.aspx", "EditForm.aspx" and "ViewForm.aspx" page's Site Action menu will show Disabled Edit Page menu item.
2. If the page is currently checked-out by another user, it will show Disabled Edit Page menu item
3. A master page customization may have hidden the site actions menu or a custom feature may have hidden the “Edit Page” menu item.

So, how do we edit a page if we can’t see the “Edit Page” menu item and select it.

A quick way to get any page into the Edit Mode is by adding “ToolPaneView=2” to the url.

For e.g.: If you are trying to get the default page at http://mysharepoint.corp.com/default.aspx in edit mode, change the url to: http://mysharepoint.corp.com/default.aspx?ToolPaneView=2. This will show you the same page in edit mode.

Happy editing.