# Saving a draft of a screen being modified

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-draft-of-a-screen-being-modified/102578>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Tags:** ignition81, vision\
**Created:** [February 19, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-draft-of-a-screen-being-modified/102578 "2025-02-19T18:17:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Harrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@Arnold\_Harrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arnold_Harrison)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 6:17pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-draft-of-a-screen-being-modified/102578/1 "2025-02-19T18:17:56Z")

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I am modifying a client screen and I want to save the modified screen without affecting the operation of the currently used screen. How do I save the draft screen and how do I replace the current screen when its ready launch?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 6:21pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-draft-of-a-screen-being-modified/102578/2 "2025-02-19T18:21:36Z")

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You cannot, directly.

In prior versions of Ignition we had a "staging" feature that allowed you to do this, but it was an endless source of confusion and bugs, and we dropped it in Ignition 8.0.

You _can_ export your project/resources from the designer, which will include the locally modified resources you haven't yet saved.

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Harrison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/74df32/32.png) [@Arnold\_Harrison](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Arnold_Harrison)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 6:48pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-draft-of-a-screen-being-modified/102578/3 "2025-02-19T18:48:26Z")

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If I export an incomplete window? How do reopen it for more modifications?

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**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 7:10pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-draft-of-a-screen-being-modified/102578/4 "2025-02-19T19:10:43Z")

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You import it back into a designer that's already open to the appropriate project. It'll overlay onto the current active project in the designer, but not push anything unless you save.

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**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2025, 9:36pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/saving-a-draft-of-a-screen-being-modified/102578/5 "2025-02-19T21:36:17Z")

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I usually duplicate the resource and rename it appropriately. If I need to rollback I just rename back to the original.