Prevent a page from closing.

Mycroft H · 2012-12-06 19:33:29

Quick suggestion. We've all done it before, clearing open tabs from Chrome/FF/what ever and we accidentally close a brilliantly wrote insightful post that took ages to write. And it's gone and your not bothered to write another. Can we have a little popup stopping us from doing that? Something like "Post not…

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Quick suggestion. We've all done it before, clearing open tabs from Chrome/FF/what ever and we accidentally close a brilliantly wrote insightful post that took ages to write. And it's gone and your not bothered to write another.

Can we have a little popup stopping us from doing that? Something like "Post not submitted/saved. Are you sure you want to close the page?" " Yes/No" etc?

Would save me swearing at least :pac:

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#2 07-12-2012 09:53AM

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In both Chrome and Firefox, press Ctrl+Shift+T (or right-click on the tab-bar and select Reopen Closed Tab/Undo Close Tab)

Boardsie Enhancement Suite - a browser extension to make using Boards on desktop a better experience (includes full-width display, keyboard shortcuts, dark mode, and more). Now available through your browser's extension store.
Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/boardsie-enhancement-suite/
Chrome/Edge/Opera: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/boardsie-enhancement-suit/bbgnmnfagihoohjkofdnofcfmkpdmmce

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