Undo/redo and how saving works
Undo and redo recent changes in the editor, and understand why you rarely need to press save: your work saves on its own as you edit.
Moving a table or resizing an area is easy to get wrong on the first try. Undo and redo let you step backward and forward through your recent changes, and you never have to remember to save because SeatPlanning does that for you.
Undo and redo
- Press Ctrl+Z (or Cmd+Z) to undo the last change.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+Z (or Cmd+Shift+Z), or Ctrl+Y, to redo a change you just undid.
You can also use the undo and redo buttons in the toolbar if you prefer clicking to keyboard shortcuts. Undo steps back through what you did earlier in the same session. Reloading the page or leaving the chart starts the undo history over.
How saving works
You don't need to remember to save. As you add tables, move seats, or edit text, SeatPlanning saves your changes automatically in the background, so nothing from your recent edits is lost. Before you close a chart, it is still worth a glance at the save indicator to confirm everything is saved.
This means you can work the way you'd work on paper: try something, move on, come back later, all without thinking about saving.
The save indicator
The Save button in the toolbar doubles as a status indicator:
- A plain Save label with a dot means you have changes waiting to be saved.
- A spinning icon means a save is in progress.
- A checkmark means everything is saved.
- If a save fails, the button turns into Retry so you can try again.
Hover over the button to see the time of your last successful save.
Saving on demand
If you want to save at a specific moment instead of waiting, press Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S), or select the Save button in the toolbar. This is useful right before you close a chart you were about to hand off to a collaborator, or if you just want the peace of mind of seeing the checkmark.
Where to go next
- Keyboard shortcuts for the full list of shortcuts, including save, undo, and redo.
- Getting around the editor for a tour of the toolbar where these controls live.
- Lock elements in place once a table or layout is finished, so it can't be moved by an accidental drag.