Some actions (Stop Timer/Assign/Label/Milestone ... ) on issue page will make page reload and lose unsaved content, autosave draft or ajax

[aschrijver]

Feature Description

This is a feature request to avoid users (like myself) from stupidity.

I just started using the Timer in the Issue Tracker, and - not being used to it - pressed "Stop Timer" a number of times, while I was still editing the issue text. Forgot to press "Save". This caused all my work to be lost (happened just now after typing a very long text). Also pressing the browser "Back" button (Firefox) did not lead back to edit-mode view, but to the Project Board from which I opened the issue.

The Gitea UI could prevent this from happening by either showing a dialog "You are currently editing. Continue? Yes/No", or committing the changes by handling the "Save" action automatically with "Stop Timer" button press.

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[aschrijver]

Note that there are more ways to lose text, that Gitea may or may not be able to protect the user against. Like when you press 'Edit' and update a text, then - without saving - suspend the computer, restart it later and press 'Save'. All updated text will be lost without warning.

[lunny]

Hm, should we store it in Local Storage of web browser?

[wxiaoguang]

press 'Edit' and update a text, then - without saving - suspend the computer, restart it later and press 'Save'. All updated text will be lost without warning.

This is another problem and it should have been fixed, it's related CSRF token generation, and sometimes caused by misconfigured session/cookie.

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Autosave (draft) could be related to

• Autosave (draft) in text editor #1315

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To make the web UI friendly, some possible solutions:

1. use AJAX as much as possible (then no page reload, no lost)
2. use Autosave(Draft)
3. use a warning dialog (not that friendly, I would prefer 1 or 2)