I appreciate why you're doing this and don't disagree with it. As I wrote, I hope you would find a solution ..
However the recent changes to restrict direct editing will make some work with Wappler much more time-consuming. Perhaps a solution would be to add the editing option you have provided for variables to other expressions, so users could choose. Eg if I wanted to change '4' to '5':
I could perform a series of clicks and type '5' or click the pencil icon and type '5':
Offering both options is very helpful - choosing from the pickers and formatters may be sufficient, or it can be used in combination with manual editing (as in the example above). Is there any reason why these options are not available for Conditions for example? With complicated conditions the situation become much worse - a bit like typing an email by clicking on a virtual keyboard.