Why do thread titles I've typed or copied in sometimes vanish while I'm working on the text of the message?

[usonian]

3. I think it might happen when the page is refreshed,

Last edited Fri Jun 14, 2024, 03:39 PM - Edit history (1)

either intentionally, or returning to a tab after a visit to some other tab.

As I do when looking for a quote or image, or just more text.

Not sure why and when this happens.

Haven't tried making the tab a separate window.

Heavens to Murgatroyd if you accidentally hit the back-arrow, and then return to your post.
Text you typed usually comes back, but I recall instances of it disappearing.

I use the ghosttext extension on browsers, but it's a bit techy to set up.
It mirrors your typing in a text editor, which preserves text "forever", but you have to re-enable it after a preview (which then gives you a versioning setup)

On edit, I noticed: “copying in an excerpt”


Since the browser maintains the text field, there may be some magic that goes on when you return to that tab (as I suspect happened to me). Might have to do with memory management in the browser. I have seen text disappear from a field when I select a range, and letting go of the mouse or finger accidentally selects everything but what I intended, and replaces it, or pastes over it.

Biggest goof I ever made was using a GUI editor on a config file instead of “vi”. Missed a totally impossible semicolon. Can’t reasonably do it here.