Cache edits to prevent data loss on window unload

[Ryuno-Ki]

Hey there,

the other day I was translating some MDN web docs into German and followed a link by accident.
Using Firefox' back button made me loose all my changes.
Is there a way to prevent loss of data? E.g. by having a confirm() on beforeunload or saving it in localStorage until the user is saving / cancelling the changes?

In the end, I had to redo my translation five times ._.

[peterbe]

@a2sheppy don’t we have a solution that remembers what you’ve typed to prevent exactly this?

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 4:11 AM André Jaenisch ***@***.***> wrote: Hey there, the other day I was translating some MDN web docs into German and followed a link by accident. Using Firefox' back button made me loose all my changes. Is there a way to prevent loss of data? E.g. by having a confirm() on beforeunload or saving it in localStorage until the user is saving / cancelling the changes? In the end, I had to redo my translation five times ._. — You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <https://github.com/mdn/mdn/issues/87>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/AAAGQ42HQ4R6H6QSLHYTR6LRJRNRLANCNFSM4LU2H2FQ> .

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[atopal]

Hey Ryuno-Ki, we do have a auto-saving feature for article edits, unfortunately it doesn't work when you work on a new page. We're currently working on moving editing to Github, so we're unlikely to get to it before then.

[Ryuno-Ki]

Oh, okay.
Is there any feature / repo I could subscribe to to follow along?

[peterbe]

Oh, okay.
Is there any feature / repo I could subscribe to to follow along?

https://github.com/mdn/yari
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