The editors led with Save while every dialog ended there;
now Cancel comes first on both pages, the order they all share.

Assisted-by: Claude Opus 5 via Claude Code

diff --git a/lib/pro_tacts/admin/contacts_edit.rb b/lib/pro_tacts/admin/contacts_edit.rb
index c32d1e3..e68a2a3 100644
--- a/lib/pro_tacts/admin/contacts_edit.rb
+++ b/lib/pro_tacts/admin/contacts_edit.rb
@@ -202,8 +202,8 @@ module ProTacts
                   # link in Gloss's `.btn` contract, which is what an
                   # anchor that acts like a button opts into.
                   div(class: "form-actions") do
-                    button(type: "submit", data: {variant: "primary"}) { "Save" }
                     a(href: "/contacts/#{@contact.id}", class: "btn") { "Cancel" }
+                    button(type: "submit", data: {variant: "primary"}) { "Save" }
                   end
                 end
               end
diff --git a/lib/pro_tacts/admin/groups_edit.rb b/lib/pro_tacts/admin/groups_edit.rb
index 070fec1..2840679 100644
--- a/lib/pro_tacts/admin/groups_edit.rb
+++ b/lib/pro_tacts/admin/groups_edit.rb
@@ -69,8 +69,8 @@ module ProTacts
                              placeholder: note ? "removed on save" : nil) { note.to_s }
                   end
                   div(class: "form-actions") do
-                    button(type: "submit", data: {variant: "primary"}) { "Save" }
                     a(href: "/groups/#{@group.id}", class: "btn") { "Cancel" }
+                    button(type: "submit", data: {variant: "primary"}) { "Save" }
                   end
                 end
               end
diff --git a/public/admin.css b/public/admin.css
index 99bd535..f1d5bfb 100644
--- a/public/admin.css
+++ b/public/admin.css
@@ -282,7 +282,9 @@
 
 /* The editor's submit row: the buttons sit beside each other under
    the fields, rather than in the stack's own gap, and start at the
-   value column so the form keeps one edge down its whole height. */
+   value column so the form keeps one edge down its whole height.
+   Cancel comes first and the primary action last, the order every
+   dialog's footer uses. */
 .form-actions {
   display: flex;
   gap: var(--gl-space-2xs);