Edit box not being cleared when posting

eskbanker

Since yesterday evening I'm finding that when I compose a reply and post it, the editing window retains the content of the post (as if it was an unposted draft), where previously it would be emptied.

Anyone else experiencing this?

Section62

Yes. With Windows 11 and latest Firefox.

The result looks like the previous ongoing problem of posting sometimes not working during an autosave, but then hitting 'Post Comment' again still appears to do nothing… until you realise this is a different bug.

eskbanker

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82193096#Comment_82193096

Yes, I did a copy/paste into a quote earlier and found the pasted text to be truncated, not sure if that's part of the same issue or a different one…

MSE_Stephen

Thanks for letting us know

I've reported this to our provider.

MyRealNameToo

Mine is doing this too but its stranger… if I dont note the post has actually gone and assume I have missed the button or forgot to press it and therefore click Post again I get an error message saying the body is empty despite the fact the textbox still has my full post in it.

lr1277

I have had this problem since midnight earlier today.

I worked out to clear it by hitting the refresh button in the browser.

The other way is to go up to the menu and then come back down by selecting the particular thread.

fatbelly

Yes I have the same

But on the positive side the editor is not duplicating my first letter

On balance I'd say it is an improvement

maman

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82193344#Comment_82193344

I've had this 'body is empty' message too but also another problem.

When directing a response to a particular person on a thread like 'maman', I would normally choose the name from the drop down menu. Today, every time I type the 'at' symbol the menu appears but if I use it the post locks and won't let me type anything else after it. Using the space bar just repeats the username. I can't delete it or even add a full stop.

I've deliberately not used the symbols or usernames so far in this post but it's like this @maman

eskbanker

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82193457#Comment_82193457

It might have manifested itself in the same software update but isn't obviously linked to the main issue of this thread so might be worth reporting in a separate one?

masonic

It is the same issue. You write your post, click post, apparently nothing happens, so you click again, and this happens:

A page refresh is supposed to be triggered immediately after posting and this seems to be failing. If you manually refresh the page after clicking once, you see your post and the empty comment box.

eskbanker

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/82196094#Comment_82196094

I was referring to the other issue freshly raised in that post, about username tagging!