When is an auto-saving form appropriate?

1. Why Auto-Save is important?
2. How does Google forms autosave work?
3. How to auto-save in Angular?
4. What is disable autosave for all respondents?
5. How to implement autosave in JavaScript?

Why Auto-Save is important?

Many people are used to working on a file, and then using File > Save As to keep the changes in the copy and not the original. However, when AutoSave is on, your changes are continually saved to the original.

How does Google forms autosave work?

When you fill out a Google Form in your Google account, your progress is automatically saved as a draft for 30 days. This means if you can't complete a form or need to switch devices, you don't have to start over the next time you open the form. Important: If you're offline, autosave doesn't work.

How to auto-save in Angular?

To auto-save the form when the user changes a value (condition #2), we need to subscribe to the form's valueChanges observable. From the official documentation, valueChanges is “a multicasting observable that emits an event every time the value of the control changes, in the UI or programmatically.”

What is disable autosave for all respondents?

Check the box, Disable autosave for all respondents, if you do not want respondents to be able to access your form at anytime with their saved responses.

How to implement autosave in JavaScript?

Add to every form in your page that you wish to be saved automatically in the background. Then insert <script type="text/javascript" src="autosave. js"></script> at the bottom of your HTML page. This script automatically hides any submit buttons for those forms when it's activated.