Cancelling a post

[USER1999]

If I hit reply, type a bit, decide not to post, there doesn't seem to be a way of cancelling. It just gets saved as a draft. Even if back spaced.

 

[Imurg]

Yep
Get this all the time...

 

[fundy]

thats what happens when you reply to Cabby (or whatever hes called these days) lol

 

[USER1999]

End up posting meaningless rubbish just to clear it.

I guess no one has noticed.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

I confess, I'd picked up on this, it annoys but I've not posted here about it. Thank you for highlighting it.

 

[ManinBlack]

Just delete all the text before you hit "Post reply" I've just tried that, it works.

 

[CliveW]

Once you've posted there is an option under your post which allows you to "Report", "Edit" or "Delete". I don't know how long you have, but just hit the delete optiion.

 

[CliveW]

I've just looked at some of my old posts and the option for me to delete or edit them is still there.

 

[ManinBlack]

Once you've posted there is an option under your post which allows you to "Report", "Edit" or "Delete". I don't know how long you have, but just hit the delete optiion.

He's talking about deleting BEFORE posting.

 

[Old Skier]

He's talking about deleting BEFORE posting.

Post and immediately delete

 

[bluewolf]

Post and immediately delete

Trust me.. That's not quick enough to stop someone reading it, getting completely the wrong end of the stick and then declaring a fatwah on you forever more...

 

[CliveW]

He's talking about deleting BEFORE posting.

Then just hit the refresh arrow.

 

[ManinBlack]

Then just hit the refresh arrow.

That works too.

 

[USER1999]

Nope, still rubbish. Really can't see why there is no cancel button.

 

[rulefan]

Trust me.. That's not quick enough to stop someone reading it, getting completely the wrong end of the stick and then declaring a fatwah on you forever more...

It takes less than a second

 

[Foxholer]

It takes less than a second

Unlike the (almost exactly) 6 months between when Bluewolf made the post you've replied to!

And the way to avoid BW's 'dilemna' is to replace all the post's text with 'Deleted' or equivalent, then deleting that post - which takes about a second, as there's a 'confirm delete' question to agree to.

 

[Slime]

Unlike the (almost exactly) 6 months between when Bluewolf made the post you've replied to!

And the way to avoid BW's 'dilemna' is to replace all the post's text with 'Deleted' or equivalent, then deleting that post - which takes about a second, as there's a 'confirm delete' question to agree to.