# Select a default tangent mode

You can select a [tangent mode](tangent-modes.md) for the **Draw Splines Tool** to use by default.

In each tangent mode, you can click and drag to create a knot in the **[Mirrored Bezier mode](tangent-modes.md#mirrored-bezier-mode)**. 

Select a default [tangent mode](tangent-modes.md) for the **Draw Splines Tool**: 
1. [!include[select-spline](.\\snippets\\select-spline.md)]
1. [!include[set-spline-context](.\\snippets\\set-spline-context.md)]
1. In the Tools overlay, select the **Draw Splines Tool**. 
1. In the Tools Settings overlay, select **[Auto](tangent-modes.md#auto-tangent-mode)** or **[Linear](tangent-modes.md#linear-tangent-mode)** from the dropdown menu.