(answered) lost a (long) reply. any way to retrieve it?

[nirvus]

hi i'm kinda new and i'm posting life story in introductions. posted 1st half and then was typing 2nd half as reply, but i pushed 'reply' instead of 'post' i guess because it took me to new (blank) reply screen. any way to retrieve lost and unposted reply? it was kinda long and it kept saying 'auto-saved' so it must be somewhere, right? lol, any help appreciated.

thanks.

 

[felix]

maybe it's the system's way of saying you don't need to post your life story...?

the answer you seek is 'no'. (unless you've been typing in a different tab or browser window and hitting the back button a couple of times brings it back.)

 

[36979999_acb]

You should see a button saying "Restore content" in the thread that you were replying to under the reply box.

Click it, that should get it back.

If it doesn't then its lost.

 

[felix]

wow!!!

for the record it says 'Restore Auto-Saved Content'. in white, on the bottom left of the reply box.

fucking black magic. who knew. :D

 

[tambourine-man]

Doesn't quite work always though. There are peculiarities to it's memory.

I intend to test it at some point.

I'm sure it behaves differently if you reply via the 'reply' or 'quote' button.

 

[nirvus]

thanks guys. yeah i found that button in short order, your right, it's a lil' janky. have to keep that in mind when posting in mini-novel format. and ur right 'bout that too, felix. if it weren't for honest feedback like that, i'd prolly make a fool of myself more often than i do. i was a bit excited admittedly. ; )