Contextual development edit messages

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title: Contextual development edit messages
description: The platform displays a message if you attempt to edit a Store Application record when you're in a different application scope.
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# Contextual development edit messages

The platform displays a message if you attempt to edit a Store Application record when you're in a different application scope.

\[Omitted image "ApplicationContextWarningMessage.png"\] Alt text: Use the context message at the top of the record to edit the correct application.

This message can be used to:

-   Open the application to which the current configuration record belongs.
-   Open the application of the currently selected application in the application picker.
-   Temporarily switch to the application to which the current configuration record belongs and edit it.

**Note:** The system returns you to the current application context after you save or cancel out of the record.

The system also displays a message when a user attempts to configure a list or form layout while working from another application scope.

\[Omitted image "FormLayoutContextWarnings.png"\] Alt text: Use the context message about application scope to edit the correct form.

The message provides a list of valid options:

-   Edit the current section by temporarily switching to the application that owns it.
-   Create a section in the current application context.
-   Create a view in the current application context.

**Note:** The system returns you to the current application context after you save or cancel out of the record.