{"id":34026,"date":"2023-02-06T11:11:01","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T09:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/?p=34026"},"modified":"2023-09-11T16:51:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-11T13:51:43","slug":"change-default-settings-of-an-element","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/change-default-settings-of-an-element\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I change the default settings of an element?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Introduction<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Sometimes creators will find themselves making the same changes over and over again to a particular element. Wouldn\u2019t it be great if you could just customize elements so that whenever you used them, they would be created to your specifications? Now you can with Elementor\u2019s new <strong>Save as Default<\/strong> feature.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"callout-blue\">Example: Alex\u2019s website uses the Pridi font in green for headers. This means every time Alex creates a header she has to change the color and typography of the text. By changing the default settings of the Heading widget, every time Alex uses the widget, it will start with the Pridi font in green.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"callout-yellow\">Note: <strong>Save as Default<\/strong> is an <a href=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/elementor-experiments-2\/\">experimental feature<\/a>, you may have to activate it.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"callout-red\">Note: Once you change the default settings for an element, there is no automatic way to revert to the original default settings. The only way to return to the original is to create an element, manually change the settings back to their original values, and then save that element as the default.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Changing the default settings<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Drag an element to the editor canvas.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change the settings as desired.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Right-click on the element\u2019s handle.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"858\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2.png\" alt=\"A widget handle and a container handle\" class=\"wp-image-34027\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2.png 858w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2-300x76.png 300w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-2-768x193.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 858px) 100vw, 858px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Right-click the handle to open the menu.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"4\">\n<li>Select <strong>Save as Default<\/strong> from the dropdown.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"621\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/widget-dropdown-marked.png\" alt=\"The element menu\" class=\"wp-image-34028\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/widget-dropdown-marked.png 621w, https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/widget-dropdown-marked-300x182.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Select <strong>Save as Default <\/strong>to turn the element&#8217;s settings into the default settings. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, every time you use this element, these will be the default settings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More examples of saving default setting for elements<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create a section or container with a background image you like and <strong>Save as Default<\/strong>. Now all the sections\/containers on your site will have a standard background.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help guide your copywriters by changing the default text of text-based widgets such as changing the default text of the Heading widget to, \u201c Good headers are short.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Create a button with the exact color, font and padding that you think is ideal and<strong> Save as Default<\/strong>. Others won\u2019t have to recreate your button, it will be their default.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction Sometimes creators will find themselves making the same changes over and over again to a particular element. Wouldn\u2019t it be great if you could just customize elements so that whenever you used them, they would be created to your specifications? Now you can with Elementor\u2019s new Save as Default feature.&nbsp; Example: Alex\u2019s website uses [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_elementor_kustomer_id":["65ba338ef4ee7625254f7a82"],"footnotes":""},"categories":[1498],"tags":[1324],"class_list":["post-34026","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-deprecated","tag-faqs"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>How do I change the default settings of an element? | Elementor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Learn everything about How do I change the default settings of an element? in this article from Elementor&#039;s Knowledge Base. 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