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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.