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title: "tinymce.editor.ui.Ui"
description: "This editor ui instance."
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Important This page documents TinyMCE 5. For new projects, Tiny recommends using the latest, most up-to-date version. [See TinyMCE 8 documentation](../../../latest/apis/tinymce.editor.ui.ui/).
# tinymce.editor.ui.Ui

This editor ui instance.

## Summary

### Properties

| Name | Type | Summary | Defined by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| registry | `Registry` | Editor UI registry instance. | `Ui` |
| styleSheetLoader | `StyleSheetLoader` | Editor UI stylesheet loader instance. StyleSheetLoader for styles in the editor UI. For content styles, use editor.dom.styleSheetLoader. <br> *Added in TinyMCE 5.4* | `Ui` |

### Methods

| Name | Summary | Defined by |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [tinymce.editor.ui.disable()](#tinymce.editor.ui.disable) | Disables the editor user interface. This method affects all user interface elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs. <br> *Added in TinyMCE 5.6* | `Ui` |
| [tinymce.editor.ui.enable()](#tinymce.editor.ui.enable) | Enables the editor user interface. This method affects all user interface elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs. Can not be used when in readonly mode. <br> *Added in TinyMCE 5.6* | `Ui` |
| [tinymce.editor.ui.hide()](#tinymce.editor.ui.hide) | Hides the editor user interface for inline editors. This method affects all user interface elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs. <br>If the `toolbar_persist` option is set to `true` and this method is used, the user interface will remain hidden, regardless of focus. <br> *Added in TinyMCE 5.5* | `Ui` |
| [tinymce.editor.ui.isDisabled()](#tinymce.editor.ui.isDisabled) | Determines if the editor user interface is `disabled` (`true`) or not (`false`). <br> *Added in TinyMCE 5.6* | `Ui` |
| [tinymce.editor.ui.show()](#tinymce.editor.ui.show) | Reveals the editor user interface for inline editors. This method affects all user interface elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs. <br>If the `toolbar_persist` option is set to `true` and this method is used, the user interface will remain visible, regardless of focus. <br> *Added in TinyMCE 5.5* | `Ui` |

## Methods

### tinymce.editor.ui.disable()

```javascript
tinymce.editor.ui.disable()
```
Disables the editor user interface. This method affects all user interface
elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs.

*Added in TinyMCE 5.6*

### tinymce.editor.ui.enable()

```javascript
tinymce.editor.ui.enable()
```
Enables the editor user interface. This method affects all user interface
elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs. Can
not be used when in readonly mode.

*Added in TinyMCE 5.6*

### tinymce.editor.ui.hide()

```javascript
tinymce.editor.ui.hide()
```
Hides the editor user interface for inline editors. This method affects all user
interface elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs.

If the `toolbar_persist` option is set to `true` and this method is used,
the user interface will remain hidden, regardless of focus.

*Added in TinyMCE 5.5*

### tinymce.editor.ui.isDisabled()

```javascript
tinymce.editor.ui.isDisabled(): Boolean
```
Determines if the editor user interface is `disabled` (`true`) or not (`false`).

*Added in TinyMCE 5.6*

#### Return value

- `Boolean` - true/false if the editor user interface is `disabled` (`true`) or not (`false`).

### tinymce.editor.ui.show()

```javascript
tinymce.editor.ui.show()
```
Reveals the editor user interface for inline editors. This method affects all user
interface elements, including: menu bar, toolbar, notifications, and dialogs.

If the `toolbar_persist` option is set to `true` and this method is used,
the user interface will remain visible, regardless of focus.

*Added in TinyMCE 5.5*