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Live Collaboration

Live collaboration powers the Collaborative (live) and Practitioner-led delivery modes for Client Tools. You and your client see the same tool in the same state, and edits appear in real time.

What you can do​

  • Shared live view — both parties see the same tool, updating as either side types.
  • Edit-lock indicators — when one party is editing a field, the other sees who's in it and waits, so changes never collide. Locks release automatically a few seconds after typing stops.
  • Presence — avatars show who's currently connected.
  • Reconnection recovery — if your connection drops briefly, Praxi replays the changes you missed when you reconnect, so nothing is lost.

Mode locks once the session starts​

Once the first response is saved, the tool's delivery mode is fixed for that assignment — a form filled in live can't later be switched to another mode. This protects the integrity of a completed, signed form (Electronic Transactions Act 1999). To change the mode, use Clone and resend: the clone links to the original and starts fresh.

What's not included yet​

Simultaneous typing in the same field by two practitioners isn't supported — whoever starts editing holds the field until they move on. Real-time multi-cursor co-editing is on the roadmap if demand emerges.