Editor Power Toggle

Editor Power Toggle is a lightweight utility mod for Factorio's map editor.

When you enter Editor Mode, the mod automatically provides a large powered area around the editor camera, allowing you to test factories, machines, inserters and circuit networks without placing temporary electric poles or power sources.

The powered area is shared per surface and force, and is automatically removed when the last editor leaves, ensuring nothing remains during normal gameplay.

Features

Editor Mode only
Large invisible powered area (approximately 382 × 382 tiles)
No visible electric poles or power interfaces
No collisions or selectable hidden entities
Shared per surface and force
Automatically cleaned up when no editor players remain
No continuous per-tick scanning
Optional shortcut (Alt + E by default) to move the powered area to the current editor camera position
Green outline showing the powered area in both the world view and the map

Usage

Enter Editor Mode.
The powered area is created automatically.
Click Editor Power to toggle it on or off.
Press Alt + E (configurable) to move the powered area to your current editor camera position.

Hidden Implementation

The mod internally creates invisible electric poles and electric energy interfaces.

These entities are:

invisible
non-colliding
non-selectable
indestructible
excluded from blueprints
excluded from deconstruction planners
excluded from upgrade planners

They exist solely to provide temporary power while editing.

Multiplayer

The powered area is shared by players editing the same surface and force.

When the last editor leaves that surface, the powered area is automatically removed.

Compatibility

Factorio 2.0+
Works with or without Space Age
Multiplayer compatible

Why?

While testing blueprints or production layouts in the map editor, repeatedly placing temporary electric poles and power interfaces quickly becomes tedious.

Editor Power Toggle removes that repetitive setup so you can focus on designing and testing.