Change your default save action

The Save option in the article editor includes three different options:

• Save: Saves the article and keeps you on the page you're on.
  • When to use: Incremental saves as you make small changes; saves when you're not sure what you're going to do next; most other saving situations.
• Save & back: Saves what's in the editor and navigates you back to the Articles page with the category the article is within opened.
  • When to use: When you're saving an article and you know you're done with it and want to go back to the Articles page.
  • For example, if I use Save & back on this page, I'll be taken to the Articles page with the Set article editor behavior category opened.
• Save & create new: Saves what's in the editor, takes you back to the Articles page, and automatically triggers the Create new article modal. Creating a new article from that modal will create the article in the category you were already in.
  • When to use: When you're creating multiple articles in the same category, especially if you're importing or copying and pasting new content in and you want those articles in the same category.
  • For example, if I use Save & create new on this page, I'll be taken to the Articles page, open to the Set article editor behavior category, and the Create new article modal will automatically open for me to add another article here

The first option, Save, is set as the default save action whenever you hit the Save button.

But if you're using one of the other Save options here repeatedly, use the option to Set default save action to switch to a different default.

Change your default save action

To change your default save action:

1. In the article editor, select the down arrow next to the Save button.
2. Select Set default save action:
   
   Select Set default save action to change what selecting Save does by default
   The Set default save action modal opens.
3. Select the default save action you'd like to use:
   
   Sample Set default save action modal
   1. Remain on the same page: This is the Save action.
   2. Return to the "Articles" page: This is the Save & back action.
   3. Return to the "Articles" page, and open the create new article dialog: This is the Save & create new option.
4. Select Update to save your default save action changes.

Now, whenever you hit Save, the editor uses the default save action you selected. You can update this at any time to handle different workflows.

Changing the default save action only impacts your own save options. Other authors have control of their own default save action.