Save draft button should be the main saving option when creating a draft #19091
-
|
When creating a new entry in draft mode, you are setting up a content piece and want to share the draft with your team to work on it together. But when creating the entry in draft mode, the main save option is 'create entry'. But when the entry is in draft mode and the main save option is 'create entry' is easily clicked (or used with cmd/ctrl + s), this publishes the entry. I think when a entry is in draft status/mode, the main save option should be to save the draft. Publishing the entry should be a secondary option that can not be pressed by mistake. 
|
Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
Replies: 1 comment 2 replies
-
For a brief time (Craft 3.6) this was actually the case :) That change caused a lot of friction, IMO because it flipped the problem on its head; instead of some authors accidentally publishing work-in-progress content some of the time, a lot of authors now ended up inside the drafts workflow by mistake a lot of the time, when attempting to create new entries. Craft 3.7 reverted the primary action back to "Create entry", and made several UI improvements for both workflows, see #7899. IMO, the current iteration of the entry creation UI/workflow is the most intuitive and effective one for most authors, and the "Save draft" action is still fairly easily available via the dropdown menu, for authors who prefers creating new entries as persistent drafts. |
Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
-
|
Thanks for your comment! Okey, maybe I expected to much of the 'Save draft' option and I am using it not quit right. Saving a draft does not even do anything because it automatically saves. The saving option made me think I created a Draft for the whole team to work with and finalize. But maybe I view the 'create entry' button too much as publish button, which is not quite the case. It seems the status toggle at the site level should be viewed as publish function. Still makes me wonder what the 'save draft' button is for though... |
Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
-
That as a placebo button for authors that don’t trust autosave 🥲 |
Beta Was this translation helpful? Give feedback.
For a brief time (Craft 3.6) this was actually the case :) That change caused a lot of friction, IMO because it flipped the problem on its head; instead of some authors accidentally publishing work-in-progress content some of the time, a lot of authors now ended up inside the drafts workflow by mistake a lot of the time, when attempting to create new entries.
Craft 3.7 reverted the primary action back to "Create entry", and made several UI improvements for both workflows, see #7899.
IMO, the current iteratio…