diff --git a/stuff/profiles/layouts/OpenToonz/room4_menubar.xml b/stuff/profiles/layouts/OpenToonz/room4_menubar.xml
index 544b309..e869102 100644
--- a/stuff/profiles/layouts/OpenToonz/room4_menubar.xml
+++ b/stuff/profiles/layouts/OpenToonz/room4_menubar.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
     <command>MI_LoadSubSceneFile</command>
     <command>MI_CloneChild</command>
     <command>MI_ExplodeChild</command>
+    <command>MI_ToggleEditInPlace</command>
   </menu>
   <menu title="Levels">
     <command>MI_LoadLevel</command>
diff --git a/toonz/sources/include/toonzqt/selectioncommandids.h b/toonz/sources/include/toonzqt/selectioncommandids.h
index b639de6..0dd6b73 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/include/toonzqt/selectioncommandids.h
+++ b/toonz/sources/include/toonzqt/selectioncommandids.h
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@
 #define MI_CloseChild "MI_CloseChild"
 #define MI_Collapse "MI_Collapse"
 #define MI_ExplodeChild "MI_ExplodeChild"
+#define MI_ToggleEditInPlace "MI_ToggleEditInPlace"
 
 #endif
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/mainwindow.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/mainwindow.cpp
index 7004213..bc86972 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1685,6 +1685,7 @@ void MainWindow::defineActions()
 	createMenuXsheetAction(MI_CloseChild, tr("&Close Sub-xsheet"), "");
 	createMenuXsheetAction(MI_ExplodeChild, tr("Explode Sub-xsheet"), "");
 	createMenuXsheetAction(MI_Collapse, tr("Collapse"), "");
+	createMenuXsheetAction(MI_ToggleEditInPlace, tr("Toggle Edit in Place"), "");
 	createMenuXsheetAction(MI_SaveSubxsheetAs, tr("&Save Sub-xsheet As..."), "");
 	createMenuXsheetAction(MI_Resequence, tr("Resequence"), "");
 	createMenuXsheetAction(MI_CloneChild, tr("Clone Sub-xsheet"), "");
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/menubar.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/menubar.cpp
index d31e833..fff63ae 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/menubar.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/menubar.cpp
@@ -876,6 +876,7 @@ QMenuBar* StackedMenuBar::createXsheetMenuBar()
 	addMenuItem(subxsheetMenu, MI_OpenChild);
 	addMenuItem(subxsheetMenu, MI_CloseChild);
 	addMenuItem(subxsheetMenu, MI_Collapse);
+	addMenuItem(subxsheetMenu, MI_ToggleEditInPlace);
 	addMenuItem(subxsheetMenu, MI_Resequence);
 	addMenuItem(subxsheetMenu, MI_SaveSubxsheetAs);
 	addMenuItem(subxsheetMenu, MI_LoadSubSceneFile);
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/subscenecommand.cpp b/toonz/sources/toonz/subscenecommand.cpp
index ec23e8d..cd92d07 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/subscenecommand.cpp
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/subscenecommand.cpp
@@ -1091,6 +1091,20 @@ void closeSubXsheet(int dlevel)
 
 //=============================================================================
 
+void toggleEditInPlace()
+{
+	TApp *app = TApp::instance();
+	ToonzScene *scene = app->getCurrentScene()->getScene();
+	int ancestorCount = scene->getChildStack()->getAncestorCount();
+	if (ancestorCount == 0)
+		return;
+	scene->getChildStack()->setEditInPlace(!scene->getChildStack()->getEditInPlace());
+	/*- Notify the change in order to update the viewer -*/
+	app->instance()->getCurrentXsheet()->notifyXsheetChanged();
+}
+
+//=============================================================================
+
 void bringPegbarsInsideChildXsheet(TXsheet *xsh, TXsheet *childXsh)
 {
 	// retrieve all pegbars used from copied columns
@@ -2156,6 +2170,17 @@ public:
 } closeChildCommand;
 
 //=============================================================================
+// ToggleEditInPlaceCommand
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+class ToggleEditInPlaceCommand : public MenuItemHandler
+{
+public:
+	ToggleEditInPlaceCommand() : MenuItemHandler(MI_ToggleEditInPlace) {}
+	void execute() { toggleEditInPlace(); }
+} toggleEditInPlaceCommand;
+
+//=============================================================================
 // collapseColumns
 //-----------------------------------------------------------------------------