Common Edit Actions
Last modified by Eleni Cojocariu on 2025/07/11
Reference
Some editors include some or all of the elements from the following image:
| Action | Type | Usage |
|---|---|---|
| Save & View | Button | Saves the current changes and returns to viewing the Page. |
| Save | Button | Saves the current changes and keeps editing the Page. |
| Preview | Button | Shows the Page as it would look with the current changes saved, but doesn't save the Page. From the preview mode, the user will be able to cancel the changes, return to editing or save the changes. |
| Cancel | Button | Discards the changes and returns to viewing the Page. |
| Add summary | Text field | Allows adding a brief description of the changes that will appear in the Page History. |
| Minor edit | Checkbox | Marks the Page to be saved as a Minor version. |
| Autosave | Checkbox | Automatically saves the Page you're working on as a minor version at a given interval. You can optionally change the autosave interval by entering the desired number of minutes in the input following the checkbox. |
FAQ
Won't Autosave create a lot of revisions?
Indeed. The autosave feature is still not fully mature and it currently creates a new revision of the Page every N seconds (where N is the time interval you specify). This means a Page may have a lot of revisions which will potentially hamper performances and history readability. In the future one idea is to implement the notion of pseudo versions.
Why am I seeing different edit actions?
XWiki <16.10.6, <17.3.0 We used to have a different set of Actions before we redesigned the UI for the Realtime In-place editor
