可视编辑器（英语：Visual editor），指在编辑过程中可显示被编辑文本的编辑器，与之相对的是行编辑器（比如ed、ex以及edlin）。

这个术语主要用于字符模式的应用进程，与GUI相对应。当然所有的GUI编辑器都是可视编辑器，但字符模式的编辑器则不全是。

可视编辑器中比较著名有：

• Vi
• Emacs
• Pico
• XEDIT

Visual editors or full screen editors are editing programs which display the text being edited on the screen as it is being edited, as opposed to line-oriented editors (such as ed, ex and edlin).

The term is generally used in discussing character mode, as opposed to GUI applications. All GUI editors are visual editors, but not all character-mode editors are.