====== Automatic Draft Saving ======

[[DokuWiki]] automatically creates a draft file of the currently edited page every 30 seconds. This is done through [[wp>AJAX_(programming)|AJAX]] in the background without interupting the editing process. In case of an editing interruption (eg. Browser crash) the draftfile can be reloaded later and editing continued.

Saving a draftfile can be forced by pressing the **preview** button. To continue a previously stored draftfile return to the page you were editing and press the "Recover Draft" button which replaces the "Edit" button, when a draft is available.

Draftfiles are user dependent. A draftfile expires when a new revision of the page is saved by another user.

The feature can be disabled using the [[config#usedraft]] option.