# Read and Edit Mode

The Storyspace text pane offers two modes.

Edit mode lets you edit the text of the writing space. Clicking in the text will move the insertion point or select text.

Read mode lets you explore the hypertext. Clicking in a text link will follow that text link. Clicking elsewhere will follow the highest-priority basic link, often called the default link. Because guard fields may disable some links and enable others, the same writing space may have different default links at different points in the reading.

When the text pane is active, pressing [Return] also follows the default link.