Where should I redirect after filling a "creation" form?

Question

HI hope y'all doing well

I have an app where users need to create different items.

There's a page that displays all the items created that as a "Create new..." button.

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The user's path:

1. User goes to the "all items" page.
2. Clicks on "Create new..." button.
3. Complete a form.
4. Click save.
5. ...

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Where should the user be directed after?

I've found 2 possible options:

• Some argue that the user should go back to where he came from i.e. "all items" page.
• Some say the user should be directed to the "newly added item" page.

Is there a solution better than the other?

Thanks :)

[Edit] by "newly added item" I mean a different page than the one where the user completed the form. See the screenshot below.

Should the user follow the dashed purple line or the red dotted line after the click on the "save" button?

Answer 1

It depends on what will likely happen next. If the user will want to keep working on the newly added item (let's say they're writing an article, and want to keep editing a draft), they'll stay on the Newly Added Item page. If they're more likely to want to add more new items, they should be taken back to the All Items page so they can click the Create New button again.

Either way, they'll need a little confirmation message telling them that their newest item has been created.

Answer 2

@Izquierdo's answer is quite reasonable. But if you still not sure what user prefer to do after entering data into the form let him decide himself by adding one more action button:

SAVE SAVE AND EDIT CANCEL

Answer 3

I'd go with something succinct. Probably like the following:

Save | + X

Here, Save part is for saving and going back to whatever would be more natural for specific case. Say, in you case it could be the same list of items, if there are actions other than just creating new items.

The vertical bar | part is not clickable and is for visual separation.

The + part is for saving the current item and starting creating a new one.

For an example implementation, check, say, Google Docs. Create a new document or open an existing one and see how 100% | v is done.

Finally, the X is for cancelling the current item and returning to the list of items or other meaningful location.