PLEASE stop quoting from deleting your reply!

[TheDragonborg]

So I was typing a reply to a thread and then decided to quote someone which then deleted all of my text... this is bad.

[orthodox]

That's how the phpBB™ engine works, so I don't think anyone here would change that. It's a very complicated task, and that would ruin the compatibility with the future engine updates.

Use a workaround. I usually back up the message text to a notepad document.

[TheDragonborg]

That's how the phpBB™ engine works, so I don't think anyone here would change that. It's a very complicated task, and that would ruin the compatibility with the future engine updates.

Use a workaround. I usually back up the message text to a notepad document.

I've used many other php based forums and none of them deleted your text if you quoted someone.

[avasopht]

Doesn't happen to me. It just adds the quote to my reply.

I've used many other php based forums and none of them deleted your text if you quoted someone.

So I was typing a reply to a thread and then decided to quote someone which then deleted all of my text... this is bad.

^ there, I clicked the quote button on the previous post and it added it. The second quote was added afterwards, which was inserted at the text cursor position.

[orthodox]

Doesn't happen to me. It just adds the quote to my reply.

Yeah, it should work. I just thought that it could fail for some reason in some cases. Anyway, if I accidentally delete the text, I press Ctrl-Z, it works in my browser.

[Enlightenspeed]

Are you sure you hit post, rather than preview?