How to open property pane in a SPFx webpart without going in edit mode?

Question

Is there a way to open the property pane without going into edit mode?

Answer 1

You can do this by calling the open() method of the Property Pane which can be accessed via the web part's context property:

this.context.propertyPane.open();

You can call it on a button click event and it will open the property pane without manually opening the page in edit mode.