diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
index 8b6c0f0bf5..7f5ad0aa0a 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Editor.cs
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Menus;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Components.Timelines.Summary;
 using OpenTK;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
+using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Screens;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
 {
@@ -23,6 +24,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
         internal override bool ShowOverlays => false;
 
         private readonly Box bottomBackground;
+        private readonly Container modeContainer;
+
+        private EditorScreen currentScreen;
 
         public Editor()
         {
@@ -77,10 +81,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
                         }
                     }
                 },
+                modeContainer = new Container
+                {
+                    Name = "Screen container",
+                    RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
+                    Padding = new MarginPadding { Top = 40, Bottom = 60 }
                 }
             };
 
             timeline.Beatmap.BindTo(Beatmap);
+            menuBar.ModeChanged += onModeChanged;
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]
@@ -89,6 +99,20 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit
             bottomBackground.Colour = colours.Gray2;
         }
 
+        private void onModeChanged(EditorScreenMode mode)
+        {
+            currentScreen?.Exit();
+
+            switch (mode)
+            {
+                default:
+                    currentScreen = new EditorScreen();
+                    break;
+            }
+
+            modeContainer.Add(currentScreen);
+        }
+
         protected override void OnResuming(Screen last)
         {
             Beatmap.Value.Track?.Stop();
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Screens/EditorScreen.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Screens/EditorScreen.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49921a0025
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Edit/Screens/EditorScreen.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2017 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using OpenTK;
+using OpenTK.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
+using osu.Framework.MathUtils;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Screens
+{
+    public class EditorScreen : CompositeDrawable
+    {
+        private readonly Container content;
+
+        public EditorScreen()
+        {
+            Anchor = Anchor.Centre;
+            Origin = Anchor.Centre;
+            RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both;
+
+            InternalChild = content = new Container { RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both };
+        }
+
+        protected override void LoadComplete()
+        {
+            base.LoadComplete();
+
+            this.ScaleTo(0.5f).FadeTo(0)
+                .Then()
+                .ScaleTo(1f, 500, Easing.OutQuint).FadeTo(1f, 500, Easing.OutQuint);
+        }
+
+        public void Exit()
+        {
+            this.ScaleTo(1.5f, 500).FadeOut(500f).Expire();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/TestCaseEditor.cs b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/TestCaseEditor.cs
index 6114d1eb2e..6f7d05d299 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/TestCaseEditor.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Tests/Visual/TestCaseEditor.cs
@@ -7,12 +7,13 @@ using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.MathUtils;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Screens.Edit;
+using osu.Game.Screens.Edit.Screens;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
 {
     public class TestCaseEditor : OsuTestCase
     {
-        public override IReadOnlyList<Type> RequiredTypes => new[] { typeof(Editor) };
+        public override IReadOnlyList<Type> RequiredTypes => new[] { typeof(Editor), typeof(EditorScreen) };
 
         private readonly Random rng;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
index 9dfc2401ae..94bd4862af 100644
--- a/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game/osu.Game.csproj
@@ -618,6 +618,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Screens\Edit\Menus\EditorMenuItem.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Screens\Edit\Menus\EditorMenuItemSpacer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Screens\Edit\Menus\ScreenSelectionTabControl.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Screens\Edit\Screens\EditorScreen.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Screens\Loader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Screens\Menu\Button.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Screens\Menu\ButtonSystem.cs" />