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UGH!!! can we get an automatic "save draft"
06 Jan 2016 01:29 #41417
by fredskidoo
UGH!!! can we get an automatic "save draft" was created by fredskidoo
How can we get an automatic "save draft" option within the reply process of this forum software?
You know the deal. I was typing out a quite lengthy response within the forum's reply page and
selected preview and bumped the backspace key and I lost 45 minutes of effort.
Its entirely my fault but even my crappy online email service saves me when it comes to this kinda stuff. I usually use notepad and cut and paste but not this time.
UGH!
You know the deal. I was typing out a quite lengthy response within the forum's reply page and
selected preview and bumped the backspace key and I lost 45 minutes of effort.
Its entirely my fault but even my crappy online email service saves me when it comes to this kinda stuff. I usually use notepad and cut and paste but not this time.
UGH!
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06 Jan 2016 02:08 #41419
by RedSleds
DEVO 10 - Multi-module with nRF24L01 +PA +LNA, A7105 +PA, & CC2500 +PA +LNA transceivers.
Nightly Build: v4.0.1-548bbf5 (6/9/2015)
Replied by RedSleds on topic UGH!!! can we get an automatic "save draft"
How on Earth did you get that video of me?! 
I know exactly what you mean. I have been CTRL-C'ing long posts lately. That way when the inevitable happens, I can just paste it back in the text box, ...or if it is a really long post I paste it into a text editor and work on it there.
But, it still happens to me occasionally.
I know exactly what you mean. I have been CTRL-C'ing long posts lately. That way when the inevitable happens, I can just paste it back in the text box, ...or if it is a really long post I paste it into a text editor and work on it there.
But, it still happens to me occasionally.
DEVO 10 - Multi-module with nRF24L01 +PA +LNA, A7105 +PA, & CC2500 +PA +LNA transceivers.
Nightly Build: v4.0.1-548bbf5 (6/9/2015)
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06 Jan 2016 07:30 #41425
by stevecox
Adelaide
Replied by stevecox on topic UGH!!! can we get an automatic "save draft"
Not a forum fix but depending on your www browser a quick n dirty crude hack that works in Firefox and maybe Chrome and others, instead of opening a separate program like notepad is to enter the following text into the browser url bar - in a new browser tab (IE11 doesn't like this):
data:text/html, <html contenteditable><textarea rows="40" cols="76" autofocus>
Then you will be able to write plain text in the text block space, when happy just ctrl+a then ctrl+c switch back to your forum comment and ctrl-+v
You can save that url as a bookmark. Depending on your browser then when needed you could just do a ctrl+t then hit that bookmark and then start typing. My IE11 doesn't like it but I use Firefox
You can obviously fiddle with the cols/rows size so you get something you're happy with
You could always add more functions to it if you wanted, even save a local version etc, it's more that your editor is in a separate tab rather than running a separate program.
Firefox gives an option to save the page as a text file too if you wanted, like saving snippets from browsing the web etc.
data:text/html, <html contenteditable><textarea rows="40" cols="76" autofocus>
Then you will be able to write plain text in the text block space, when happy just ctrl+a then ctrl+c switch back to your forum comment and ctrl-+v
You can save that url as a bookmark. Depending on your browser then when needed you could just do a ctrl+t then hit that bookmark and then start typing. My IE11 doesn't like it but I use Firefox
You can obviously fiddle with the cols/rows size so you get something you're happy with
You could always add more functions to it if you wanted, even save a local version etc, it's more that your editor is in a separate tab rather than running a separate program.
Firefox gives an option to save the page as a text file too if you wanted, like saving snippets from browsing the web etc.
Adelaide
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06 Feb 2016 13:40 - 06 Feb 2016 13:49 #42667
by goebish
Replied by goebish on topic UGH!!! can we get an automatic "save draft"
There's a wonderful addon for firefox (probably for chrome and others too...) named Lazarus, that will keep an history of everything you've typed in any form
Saved my life several times:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/
... but of course it can represent a security / privacy threat if you share your computer session with someone else.
Don't, the "P" in "PC" is for Personal
Saved my life several times:
addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/
... but of course it can represent a security / privacy threat if you share your computer session with someone else.
Don't, the "P" in "PC" is for Personal
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