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title: Edit mode
description: Hold or double-tap the Goldfish key to refine any draft with typed or spoken instructions.
---

Hold the Goldfish key (or double-tap it) to open edit mode: a command bar
appears over the focused field. Type or speak an instruction and Goldfish
edits the draft in place.

## Instructions

Anything you would tell an editor works:

- "make the second paragraph tighter"
- "translate to Swedish"
- "more formal, and end with a question"

Multiple rounds are fine, the bar stays open between instructions. Each
instruction applies to the current state of the draft, so you can iterate
until it reads right.

## Speaking instead of typing

When voice dictation is enabled, hold the Goldfish key and speak: the spoken
words become the edit instruction. This is the fastest way to steer a draft
without leaving the keyboard home row. Set up the microphone on the
[Voice dictation](/guides/voice-dictation) page.

## Closing the bar

Press Esc, or click anywhere outside the bar.