If I am editing a button and then decide to edit any of the buttons just above it, I can’t actually select them because there is all this new editing UI in the way. So I have to tap somewhere else on the grid just so I can select the button. It makes absolutely no sense. 
It was fine the way it was - I happily created literally 500 grids with it. You should have spent that time sorting out the Windows USB connectivity issues.
Thanks for the feedback — that’s actually something we examined in depth when we redesigned the editing system.
The biggest obstacle in the old design was the combination of dual edit modes and excessive hand travel. Users had to constantly switch between Layout and Object editing and move across the screen just to reach the tools they needed. It made the workflow powerful, but fragmented and slow. In our UX studies, that switching alone added almost a second per edit on average. The new Context Bar solves both issues by keeping everything within direct reach — right where you’re already focused.
This approach follows well-established design principles such as Fitts’s Law, which shows that keeping controls closer to the target improves both speed and accuracy. It also allowed us to merge those two editing modes into a single cohesive flow. Now you can edit layout and object properties in one continuous interaction — no toggles, no extra steps.
If the Context Bar ever covers another button, just tap the same one again to hide it. And when you’re using the Inspector for detailed parameter editing, the Context Bar automatically disappears to stay out of your way.
We’ve received overwhelmingly positive feedback from beta testers — some even called the new system *“fabulous.”*Once you get used to it, it feels faster, more natural, and more fluid overall. Plus, it’s a key foundation for what’s coming next: the unified editing model makes it possible to bring MetaGrid Pro’s full functionality to smaller screens like the iPhone without compromise.
It’s definitely a shift from the old workflow, but one driven by research, testing, and real user behavior.
^ Okay, yeah that works for me now.