How do i terminate a draft

Kingrex

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All too often In begin a response then decide to shut up and walk away. Yet I can't get rid of the draft response I started. I have come back to threads later and want to respond in a whole new way and my old draft tries to reinsert itself.

How do I erase a draft for good.
 

tima

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All too often In begin a response then decide to shut up and walk away. Yet I can't get rid of the draft response I started. I have come back to threads later and want to respond in a whole new way and my old draft tries to reinsert itself.

How do I erase a draft for good.

It's somewhat annoying, isn't it.

Ii put the cursor at the end of the text and backspace as far as it will let me, including through any quotes. Then switch to another thread or reload New Posts. See if that works for you.
 
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Kingrex

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Thats what I do Tima. It still holds a draft in memory. Its not the end of the world. Just clunky. Other sites have a solid delete draft. It feels better when you can close it and really shut it down.
 

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it seems to live for 24-48 hours, then drops off in my experience.

you just have to be aware of it and kill it when you start again.

i like it because it beats the hell out of losing what i've written by hitting the wrong key (i'm a terrible typist). and i always proof my posted posts anyway. and rarely post stuff that would be offensive. i'm a whimp.

if you are a quick hitter and don't proof then i get it's very annoying. and sometimes when i start with something that i regret i feel guilty that it sits there, thinking someone can see it.
 

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Need to add a cancel button on the reply page
 
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It is one of the more annoying ‘features’ of the site.
 

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Kingrex

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Need to add a cancel button on the reply page
Would be nice. With a 2 step, are you sure, you will lose all your work. Yes or No
 

tima

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Does not need to be an either/or. The ability to leave a reply unfinished to return to later is fine (as it is now) and a cancel button can erase it. It may be associated to a cookie, not sure how state is preserved for this.
 

Kingrex

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Not in my Samsung Active S8. Just tried.
 

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It’s there on Apple mobile browsers don’t see why it’s not visible on your Samsung.
david
 

tima

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There's a delete draft option hidden under the 3 dots more option menu on there far right under the floppy disc icon menu.

Thanks for pointing that out. I hadn't poked three levels deep at all the ideograms.

Just tried the 'delete draft' on this reply. I expected the edit box to clear, deleting my draft. But that didn't happen, breaking my expectation. Then I clicked on New Posts and came back to this thread and what I'd previously written was gone. So the feature is there.

I guess the 'save draft' is there to ... make it explicit? That seems to be the default behavior. Wonder how long the save lasts.
 

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