Keeping the forum editor alive

[Windsurfer]

Is there any possibility of keeping the editor in which I wrote this alive, so that I do not suddenly lose 30 minutes worth of  input to a subject under discussion?

I am caught out about every six months, when I remember to use a text editor again.

[Martin_fr]

I never had an issue with this editor, never mind how long I need to write the message.

If you mean, you get logged out of the forum:
On the login mask you can specify how long, until it logs you out. Or check the box to stay logged in forever.

Otherwise there is a browser plug in that may help you.
It is called "Lazarus" (no joke).

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/

Or google "lazarus form recovery". There seems to be version for chrome.

[wp]

Does this plug-in also good for the bug tracker which is particularly annoying with logouts after long writing?

[eny]

I always copy/paste lengthy texts into an editor (Notepad++) before pressing any buttons or relying on the browser to handle button presses correctly.
Have had this problem too many times in the past with other web-'applications'.
It is a workaround, but it saved me from a lot of frustration....
(Or even just pressing Ctrl-A-C from time to time can save you if you work under Window$...)

[Martin_fr]

probably. It recovers any form or form field.

I didnt have any issues with it yet.

Just tested, it offers me the last 20 things I typed on the tracker.

The bug tracker never logs me out though. So it probably also has an option.

[wp]

eny, yes, I do this too. But whenever I write a long text in bugtracker, interrupted a few times in between, I click the submit button faster than the copy-to-clipboard comes to my mind.

Martin_fr, the bug tracker offers little configuration options to the normal user. I do have developer status in a few sections which allows me at least to edit the submitted text, but a normal user can't even do that.

[Martin_fr]

I dont think it is an option to a specific user group. I dont have anything in the settings one logged in.

But on the login, you can check: "Remember my login in this browser"

And unless you have a fixed IP with your ISP, do not check the "limit to IP"

With that I have last logged in some month ago, and since stayed logged in. (Of course on my private PC only, that is secured against access by anyone but me)

[wp]

do not check the "limit to IP"

Ah, this could have been the reason...

[Windsurfer]

Martin,

Thanks for the plug-in suggestion. I am on Linux Mint and do have a fixed IP address, but this seems to be the best solution.

[marcov]

If it happens, going "back" and copy pasting editor input sometimes works for me in Mozilla.

[Ñuño_Martínez]

I sue the "Preview" button quite often.  This way, session is updated too.