Thread:VisualEditor/Feedback/Intention NOT to allow editing of only a single section?!?/reply (2)

Yes, section editing is currently precluded due to the technology stack and the manner of the integration. Longer-term we could theoretically support in-page section editing as, indeed, the new CKeditor shows off, though this poses problems as John highlights with editing components that span multiple sections like references, in-page links, the table of contents and others.

No final decision has been made as to whether we will work to support section editing in the VisualEditor, and it is unhelpful to characterise us as having made the decision. :-)