Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Andreas Luedeke on Wed Nov 16 13:48:33 2016
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If I edit an old entry, and do some mistake while editing, then there is currently no way to savely discard the changes.
The problem is that the entry will become a draft: if I close the window without saving, then the whole entry is gone: it will be converted into
a draft entry. But the draft does contain my changes, it is not the originally saved entry! |
Re: Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Stefan Ritt on Wed Nov 16 14:01:18 2016
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The problem is that the elog database does not allow for a copy of an entry before you make modifications (and therefore get a "draft"). This
is actually very simila to other note taking programs. I use Evernote, which constantly synchronizes between devices, and there I also cannot go back to
the version before I started making modification. What one would need is a version system (and Evernote has one), so you can go back to the previous verison, |
Re: Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Grant Jeffcote on Wed Nov 16 17:12:40 2016
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Andreas,
Doesn't using the Save Drafts = 0 option result in the old 'Back' button returning (replacing the Delete option) meaning
you can revert back to your old (unmodified) version without saving, sure it doesn't save a draft but I'd rather be able to return back and lose |
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Re: Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Andreas Luedeke on Thu Nov 17 09:14:15 2016
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Yes, "Save Drafts = 0" does the trick. But it is the "zero-option": trivial, but not satisfying ;-)
Warning: the "back" button of the browser has a very undesired effect: the entry
is then converted into a draft and not shown anymore in list view! |
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Re: Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Stefan Ritt on Mon Nov 21 15:07:05 2016
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Well, the "undesired effect" you describe is exactly the reason for having drafts. Somebody works on a lengthy message, then the browser dies,
or the user by accident hits the "back" button and (by accidnt, ehem...) confirms the dialog popping up which says "changes will be lost".
In that case the draft mechanism should take care of that the lengthy message is not lost. That's where it is for. If one does not like it, one can |
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Re: Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Christine Quicot on Wed Nov 23 09:25:15 2016
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Hello,
In my opinion, there should be a "close/return" button (discard changes), even with the drafts enabled, but effectively there will
have to be several saves made (at least before/after). |
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Re: Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Andreas Luedeke on Thu Nov 24 07:38:52 2016
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Hi Stefan,
actually what you refer to as the "quick and dirty" solution is probably the only feasible one: to store a copy
of the entry in the browser and restore that copy with a "cancel" button.
Otherwise you would need a full-fledged revision management,
to deal with multiple copies of the same entry open in several browsers.
Yet, that does not solve the "problem" |
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Re: Cancel button missing when editing an entry, posted by Stefan Ritt on Thu Nov 24 08:40:31 2016
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Andreas Luedeke
wrote:
But as a first step, it might be worthwhile to document this behaviour
in the ELOG "User's Guide". Drafts are currently only mentioned in the elogd.cfg syntax pages under "Save drafts" and "autosave". |