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As soon as a change is made to the settings, a floating footer animates from the bottom within the active content area. Users can continue making changes while this footer is displayed, but they cannot change sections until they either save or cancel the changes they’ve made. See details on the Product Settings documentation as this follows the same behavior.
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If users attempt to change sections while there are unsaved changes, the footer animates with a shake to highlight that they have unsaved changes. They cannot change tabs until changes are saved or canceled. See details on the Product Settings documentation as this follows the same behavior.