Details
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Improvement
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Minor
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None
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3.2 M2, 7.3
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Integration
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Unknown
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Description
I've observed in usability testing sessions that there are many users (especially beginners) that forgot to save the changes they do.
This happens:
- when they create the page, write some text and then get distracted by something else and leave the page without saving - see
XWIKI-6508 - or they edit and don't find a functionality they need so they change the editor without saving - see
XWIKI-3779 - or when editing the Dashboard and playing with the gadgets, coming back the changes are lost - see XWIKI-6150
- or when someone accidently clicks a wrong control element in xwiki, then all changes are gone (see attachment 'xwiki_dangerous_button.png')
- etc.
Although displaying a non-intrusive message don't solve the problem (some user might see it others will not) at least it will be an indicator that there was something more to be done and the user will learn we needs to save.
Using a notification gadget will be better than an intrusive dialog box.
Knowing if there are changes and saving just in this case could also improve versioning, see XWIKI-2470.
Attachments
Issue Links
- is duplicated by
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XWIKI-3779 Content lost when switching editor context while editing.
- Closed
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XWIKI-6508 New Page - Make sure the user understands the new page he has created hasn't been saved
- Closed
- is related to
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XWIKI-6150 When adding or editing the parameters of a gadget, the positions of the gadgets on the dashboard are reset
- Open
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XWIKI-10542 "More actions" menus displayed on pages in edit mode
- Closed
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XWIKI-12854 The browser's Back button doesn't restore unsaved changes to the edited content
- Closed
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XWIKI-2470 Improve saving to not save data that has not changed
- Open
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XWIKI-10794 Preserve the AppBar also in edit mode
- Open
- relates to
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XWIKI-19473 Inconsistent behavior of the protection against leaving without saving when editing application pages or the title of 'regular' pages
- Open
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XWIKI-7370 Secure page exit when there are unsaved changes (class editor)
- Open
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XWIKI-10061 Disable edit shortcuts in edit mode
- Open
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XWIKI-10464 Remove Edit button in edit and preview mode for 'Simple' users
- Reopened
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XWIKI-12186 When editing, the "edit" button should become a "save" button which does "save and view"
- Open