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271 votes
12 answers
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Allow questions to be saved as drafts prior to posting

Many times it takes me a while to properly compose my question before posting. Sometimes it's just a jumble of ideas and concepts, and is not something I'd want seen immediately. However, there is no ...
Joel Coehoorn's user avatar
29 votes
5 answers
656 views

Manually clear saved question drafts

I've seen lately that new question editing is stored somewhere for later use if we wander off the new question without posting it and then return back to the page. Which is a good functionality ...
Robert Koritnik's user avatar
29 votes
4 answers
370 views

Add a clear button when a saved draft is loaded [duplicate]

I can't believe this has not been asked, but I can't find it, so here it goes. The save draft feature is cool, but I had a question that I figured out half way through. It would be nice to have a ...
Vaccano's user avatar
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25 votes
5 answers
634 views

Add an option to save drafts manually

Since manually saving drafts via shortcut keys was removed, I think it's appropriate to request a manual save button or other option now. There really should be some option to force the save. I really ...
Jeff Mercado's user avatar
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12 votes
1 answer
261 views

Is the save draft keyboard binding broken?

Ctrl+S doesn't work for me on any of the sites. When my cursor is focused in the textarea and I hit Ctrl+S I get the browser default of saving the entire webpage rather than saving my draft. I'm ...
Brandon's user avatar
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6 votes
2 answers
148 views

Incorrect time in accepted answer tooltip

In some questions that have an accepted answer, the tooltip in the green tick has the wrong timestamp. Have a look at this question for an example. The tooltip says The question owner accepted ...
adrianbanks's user avatar
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3 votes
2 answers
101 views

How do I get rid of the "saved question input"? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Manually clear saved question drafts If I start to ask a question, and then never post it because I have found the answer myself, or realized that it was a "stupid question", ...
Sebastien Diot's user avatar
2 votes
1 answer
1k views

How do I recover my unposted draft message if my computer crashes before I've posted it?

AFAIK, my question is different from Recover an accidently deleted post [closed]. When I'm composing a post at SO, I've noticed at some point in time there will be a message that appears above the ...
gerryLowry's user avatar
1 vote
0 answers
66 views

Is there a way to cancel an answer? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How do I delete the draft posting? I found no way to cancel an unfinished edit. Here is my case. I wrote a couple of lines in the editor, then realized the whole idea was ...
ThomasH's user avatar
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-2 votes
1 answer
113 views

Old question keeps reappearing in the form for asking a new question [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Allow questions to be saved as drafts prior to posting I'd like to ask a new question on SO, but when I click the "Ask Question" button, the form is pre-filled with all my ...
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