[Userscript] Auto-Save your posts to drafts

[LoyceV]

you missed this part:

I didn't miss that. It's just very easy to type for 8 minutes on a long post, and those are the ones I care about. I don't care about losing 5 seconds of typing.
Sometimes I have multiple posts open for editing, before posting them. That can take days. Usually I save a local backup, but I also rely on the "Preview" button to save a Draft. It would be bad if typing in one post wipes my other post from Drafts.

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[joker_josue]

you missed this part:

I didn't miss that. It's just very easy to type for 8 minutes on a long post, and those are the ones I care about. I don't care about losing 5 seconds of typing.
Sometimes I have multiple posts open for editing, before posting them. That can take days. Usually I save a local backup, but I also rely on the "Preview" button to save a Draft. It would be bad if typing in one post wipes my other post from Drafts.

I just happened to ask that.
The forum's draft option can be used as a way to save a new post to continue later. I've done this.

So, if the time interval is very low, in which the script performs automatic recording, there is a risk of deleting drafts that you want to preserve. So, if the time interval is very low, in which the script performs automatic recording, there is a risk of deleting drafts that you want to preserve (for brief hours).

I would suggest, if this is not the case, that the creation of automatic drafts should only be done when the user requests it.

Because, for example, I had no interest in this post in keeping a draft. But if you are doing an OP there is already interest.

[TryNinja]

I didn't miss that. It's just very easy to type for 8 minutes on a long post, and those are the ones I care about. I don't care about losing 5 seconds of typing.
Sometimes I have multiple posts open for editing, before posting them. That can take days. Usually I save a local backup, but I also rely on the "Preview" button to save a Draft. It would be bad if typing in one post wipes my other post from Drafts.

That makes sense. I usually only write one post at a time and they aren't that big, so a few seconds work fine for me. I just won't miss a single written phrase if I ever close my tab by mistake.

I'll change the default to 60 seconds, which is probably enough for most people. I'll also add a warning on the code so everybody knows that they might override their entire draft if the interval is too low.

That gives me some other ideas, i.e: Having your own local draft that only keeps like the 10 latest copies of the same post. You can do the control of which post is which by providing a custom name/id. That way you can work on 5 different posts and they won't override eachother's (older) drafts.

[joker_josue]

I'll change the default to 60 seconds, which is probably enough for most people. I'll also add a warning on the code so everybody knows that they might override their entire draft if the interval is too low.

Why not allow the user to choose the time interval?
For example, as I use the translator a lot to write my posts in English, sometimes it can take me a little longer to post, if I'm writing something with more content.

Anyway, these are just tips on my use of the forum. As I am not a user of this script, I could be mistaken in my reasoning.

[TryNinja]

Why not allow the user to choose the time interval?

It is allowed.

Edit the INTERVAL_SECONDS variable at the top with the number of seconds you want your draft to automatically save (default: 60 seconds).

I just changed the default because a higher interval will probably work better for most users. If you want to save it every 10 seconds, 1 min, or 5 min, you're free to do so. In my case I'm still using 5 seconds because I don't mind my entire draft being overwritten by my latest post.

[SamReomo]

It's a very useful script that you have made TryNinja and it's one of the scripts that I would love to use myself. I'm currently not using any bots or scripts for the forum but this is something that I will most probably consider using. Thank you so much for making up this script for us. But, I don't really use tampermonkey thing and I'm a chrome user.

Can you please make a chrome based extension of the script that may work similarly for users who prefer to have extension rather than going with that tampermonkey? The script seems very good to me but I would love you to release a chrome-based extension of the script thanks.

[Ndabagi01]

Inspired by libert19's suggestion, I wrote a small script that auto saves your posts to the forum draft every couple of seconds (customizable).

Once upon a time I was writing a middle sized post and missclicked F5, losing the entire thing. This script helps mitigate this dangerous mistake!

Just too great of you, this happened to me a while ago when I was trying to reply to a post, and I'm glad I came across this post of yours. This is an excellent script, and I will also try it out. This is not the first time I've had problems with accidentally deleting a reply I'd spent time writing after clicking a button I wasn't supposed to have clicked on. Thank you for consistently providing us with tools to make the forum more user friendly and easier to navigate for everyone.

[libert19]

And sorry to asked does this only work with windows or it can also be used both mobile? don't know if this question already been asked here.

It has been answered twice already, if it were many pages than bolded part would be a valid excuse, here it's not so.

It's a very useful script that you have made TryNinja and it's one of the scripts that I would love to use myself. I'm currently not using any bots or scripts for the forum but this is something that I will most probably consider using. Thank you so much for making up this script for us. But, I don't really use tampermonkey thing and I'm a chrome user.

Can you please make a chrome based extension of the script that may work similarly for users who prefer to have extension rather than going with that tampermonkey? The script seems very good to me but I would love you to release a chrome-based extension of the script thanks.

Sounds unnecessary, why not just use tampermonkey?

[Alpha Marine]

I didn't miss that. It's just very easy to type for 8 minutes on a long post, and those are the ones I care about. I don't care about losing 5 seconds of typing.
Sometimes I have multiple posts open for editing, before posting them. That can take days. Usually I save a local backup, but I also rely on the "Preview" button to save a Draft. It would be bad if typing in one post wipes my other post from Drafts.

It gets frustrating when I write a long post and it gets wiped out because I took too long to post it. It means I have to start from the beginning. It's annoying as hell. I'll only rewrite the post if I got nothing to do at the moment but most times, I just procrastinate and end up not posting it till I get the time to.

I don't care if it's every 5 seconds, 2 minutes, or 8 minutes, I'd really appreciate a feature that'll make sure I don't lose the stuff I've typed anymore.
I usually use the "preview" button to save, but while typing, I don't always remember to do that.

[Crypto Library]

Great man thanks for the script.
It has happened to me many times that I have to rewrite a large post due to a wrong click or tap in my desktop browser and also in my mobile browser. Anyway I have installed your script on both my mobile and desktop and both are working.
Those who want to use it on mobile can install the script using kiwi, Firefox browser.