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DMS Approver VijayDMS Approver Vijay 

How to make owner field editable on edit page?

How to make owner field editable when clicking on edit button in detail page?
Venkata Prasad KunisettyVenkata Prasad Kunisetty
Owner field is editable for the record owner. The owner of the record can transfer the record to someone else. The owner's manager or anyone above in the role hierarchy can also transfer the ownership. 
DMS Approver VijayDMS Approver Vijay
Hi Venkata,
 Thanks for your reply,
But, How to make the Owner field editable to any User in when clicking on EDIT button in detail page?
Venkata Prasad KunisettyVenkata Prasad Kunisetty
Hi Vijay, 

To make the Owner field editable for any user, you need to make the object "Public Read/Write" in Setup --> Security Controls --> Sharing Settings. But this setting will enable everyone to edit every record on the object you selected. 

In addition the above, the user should also have edit permission on the object either though Profile, or via a Permission set. 
Satish.jgecSatish.jgec
You may not be able to make the Owner field as editable.
But there is a workaround for this. You can go ahead and create a custom field for Owner and then write a workflow or trigger to populate the standard owner field with the value from the custom field.
I had a similar requirement sometime back where we have resolved using a VF page because the requirements demanded us to create a VF page due to other changes as well.
Unless you have complicated requirements, the custom owner field should be sufficient.