diff --git a/editor/editor.ts b/editor/editor.ts
index 921444c1..3de86fc4 100644
--- a/editor/editor.ts
+++ b/editor/editor.ts
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ module TDev
         private currentStmtEditor: StmtEditor;
 
         private scriptProperties = new ScriptProperties();
-        private variableProperties = new VariableProperties();
+        public variableProperties = new VariableProperties();
         private librefProperties = new LibraryRefProperties();
         private recordProperties = new RecordDefProperties();
         private recordEditor = new RecordEditor(this.recordProperties);
diff --git a/editor/sideScriptNav.ts b/editor/sideScriptNav.ts
index 14697dde..e2e38c4f 100644
--- a/editor/sideScriptNav.ts
+++ b/editor/sideScriptNav.ts
@@ -299,11 +299,12 @@ module TDev
                     } else if (decl instanceof AST.GlobalDef) {
                         var glob = <AST.GlobalDef>decl;
                         if (glob.isResource && glob.getKind() == api.core.String) {
-                            var runbtn = HTML.mkRoundButton("svg:edit,black", lf("edit"), Ticks.sideEditLibrary,
+                            var runbtn = HTML.mkRoundButton("svg:edit,black", lf("edit"), Ticks.sideEditString,
                                 () => {
-                                    // TODO: load variable properties and call editFullScreenAsync
+                                    TheEditor.renderDecl(glob);
+                                    TheEditor.variableProperties.editFullScreen()
                                 });
-                          //  d = ScriptNav.addSideButton(d, runbtn);
+                            d = ScriptNav.addSideButton(d, runbtn);
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/editor/variableProperties.ts b/editor/variableProperties.ts
index ea726d8d..8696dcfc 100644
--- a/editor/variableProperties.ts
+++ b/editor/variableProperties.ts
@@ -164,6 +164,13 @@ module TDev
 
         public renderCore(a:AST.Decl) { return this.load(<AST.GlobalDef>a); }
 
+        public editFullScreen()
+        {
+            if (this.artEditor instanceof StringEditor) {
+                (<StringEditor>this.artEditor).editFullScreenAsync().done()
+            }
+        }
+
         private load(a:AST.GlobalDef) :void
         {
             this.theVariable = null;
diff --git a/rt/ticker.ts b/rt/ticker.ts
index 3d71a691..15a9e3c1 100644
--- a/rt/ticker.ts
+++ b/rt/ticker.ts
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ module TDev {
         sideAllTests,
         sideTestOne,
         sideEditLibrary,
+        sideEditString,
         sideUpdate,
         sideUpdateOne,
         sideActionAddInput,