diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a801988c9..e1fe261c5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@ This release adds the following new features:
 and fixes the following bugs:
 
 * [Fix typo in English translation](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/pull/1710);
-* [Fix vertical align of user avatar initials](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/pull/1714).
+* [Fix vertical align of user avatar initials](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/pull/1714);
+* [Submit inline form on click outside]https://github.com/wekan/wekan/pull/1717), fixes
+  ["You have an unsaved description" doesn't go away after saving](https://github.com/wekan/wekan/issues/1287).
 
 Thanks to GitHub users pravdomil, xet7 and zypA13510 for their contributions.
 
diff --git a/client/lib/inlinedform.js b/client/lib/inlinedform.js
index 56768a13b..e5e4d4edc 100644
--- a/client/lib/inlinedform.js
+++ b/client/lib/inlinedform.js
@@ -75,6 +75,16 @@ InlinedForm = BlazeComponent.extendComponent({
 EscapeActions.register('inlinedForm',
   () => { currentlyOpenedForm.get().close(); },
   () => { return currentlyOpenedForm.get() !== null; }, {
-    noClickEscapeOn: '.js-inlined-form',
+    enabledOnClick: false,
   }
 );
+
+// submit on click outside
+document.addEventListener('click', function(evt) {
+  const openedForm = currentlyOpenedForm.get();
+  const isClickOutside = $(evt.target).closest('.js-inlined-form').length === 0;
+  if (openedForm && isClickOutside) {
+    $('.js-inlined-form button[type=submit]').click();
+    openedForm.close();
+  }
+}, true);