Classic Quizzes] Allow only one Question/Question Group editor to be opened

Canvas

This behavior has been resolved and deployed to the production environment as of 3/26/25.

Description

Users can open multiple question and question group editors at the same time. This can lead to confusion and errors since validation is not properly handled.

Expected Behavior

  • Only one question or question group editor should be open at a time.

  • Clicking edit buttons should submit the active form and consider validation errors.

  • The first invalid input should be focused when there are validation errors.

Workaround

No workaround exists at this time.

Steps to Reproduce

  • Open the quiz editor.

  • Click on the “Edit” icon of a question or question group.

  • Click on the “New Question” or “New Question Group” button.

  • Observe that multiple editors can be opened without validation checks.

Additional Info

QO-1175

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