WoW Forever Edit Mode: move your HUD and save layouts
Open Edit Mode, move action bars and frames, save a named layout and check the reported layout-sharing options in WoW Forever.
The quick answer
Open Esc → Edit Mode, select and drag a highlighted element, then use the Layout dropdown to create and save a named layout. Advanced Options exposes more elements. Wowhead also reports Share and Import options for exchanging layouts.
Guide details and editorial record
- For
- WoW Forever players arranging the built-in interface
- Prerequisites
- Access to the WoW Forever client's game menu
- Game version
- World of Warcraft: Forever; Wowhead report checked October 23, 2026. Exact client build not published.
Responsible editor: Max · Editorial record: low risk · desk review · AI assistance: draft
Open Esc → Edit Mode to rearrange the built-in HUD in World of Warcraft: Forever. Select a highlighted element, drag it into position and save a named layout through the Layout dropdown.
This walkthrough follows Wowhead’s Forever Edit Mode guide, read in full on October 23, 2026. The menu names and behavior are a Wowhead report, not an independent Realm First client test. The source does not identify an exact client build.
Move a bar or frame
- Press Esc to open the game menu, then choose Edit Mode.
- Select the UI element you want to adjust. Wowhead describes adjustable elements as blue and the selected element as yellow.
- Drag the selected element to its new position.
- Use its submenu for the settings available to that element. Different elements expose different controls.
The submenu’s red buttons open further settings for that element. If a menu covers the part of the HUD you are arranging, drag the menu elsewhere; Wowhead says this also works for the main Edit Mode menu.
Align elements and reveal more controls
The main menu lets you show a background grid and change its size. Snap to Elements helps align the element you are moving with a grid line or another UI element.
If the element you want is not among the initial controls, check Advanced Options. The source names the Stance Bar and Extra Action Button as examples of additional elements exposed there.
Save a layout you can return to
When the arrangement is ready, open the Layout dropdown, choose New Layout, give it a name and save it. Wowhead reports two preset layouts that can be used as starting points, plus saved layouts that can be selected again from the menu.
A saved layout can be available to all your characters. The source also describes a character-specific option that limits a layout to its associated character. The source does not explain where to set that character-specific restriction.
Press Esc to leave Edit Mode. The source does not establish what happens to unsaved changes when you exit.
What the source says about sharing
Wowhead lists Share and Import as options for exchanging layouts with other players. Its written walkthrough does not specify where to open those options or the individual export and import steps.
The checked guide does not document the layout-string format or guarantee that a layout from Modern WoW, another Classic release or an addon can be imported into Forever. It also does not establish whether every setting transfers.
Wowhead’s walkthrough does not cover controller input.