Slot values can be edited in the inspector. Clicking the ellipsis to the left of the slot's textual representation displays a slot editor gadget. A text representation of the object can be edited in the slot editor. The parser is used to turn the text representation back into an object. Keep in mind that some structure is lost in the conversion; see Prettyprinter limitations.

The slot editor's text editing commands are standard; see Editor gadgets.

The slot editor has a toolbar containing various commands.

Toolbar commands

Shortcut	Command	Word	Notes
⌃RET	Commit	commit	Parse the object being edited, and store the result back into the edited slot.
⇧⌃RET	Eval	com-eval	Parse code which evaluates to an object, and store the result back into the edited slot.
	Revert	revert	Revert any uncomitted changes.
	Delete	delete	Delete the slot and close the slot editor.
ESC	Close	close	Close the slot editor without saving changes.