# Designer Script Editing

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-script-editing/110778>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [September 19, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-script-editing/110778 "2025-09-19T13:01:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![boeked](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@boeked](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/boeked)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:01pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-script-editing/110778/1 "2025-09-19T13:01:58Z")

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In version 8.1.x I was able to modify script libraries in the designer and run my changes in the designer script console without having to save the project. In version 8.3 I must save the project before the designer script console can run the edited scripts. It was nice during development to not have to save the entire project for a small test edit to a script library. Was this a “feature” (bug) in 8.1 that was fixed in 8.3?

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:09pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-script-editing/110778/2 "2025-09-19T13:09:27Z")

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I do not have the same experience with 8.1. In my experience script library changes had to be saved to run the changes even through the script console.

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**Author:** ![tgarrison](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/tgarrison/32/80965_2.png) [@tgarrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/tgarrison)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:18pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-script-editing/110778/3 "2025-09-19T13:18:02Z")

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Just gave it a test, and I had thought the same as you, but he’s right… no need to save. I just created a new def in a script file, and it ran from the console without a save…

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**Author:** ![amarks](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/amarks/32/45610_2.png) [@amarks](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/amarks)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2025, 1:19pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/designer-script-editing/110778/4 "2025-09-19T13:19:54Z")

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interesting… I would not have expected the designer scope to have different definitions than the client scope