Community Suggestion: create undo/redo button
create undo/redo button
User Interface (UI) / User Experience (UX) · Articles & templates · Created by Careen Ligh
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Just imagine this:
You are marking a paragraph to cut or copy and instead deleting it. Before you manage to refresh the page autosave comes along and that content, be it a few words or a thousand, is gone. Good luck remembering all of it in detail.
This has happened to me a number of times already. And as disabling autosave is no longer an option, i would wish for a undo/redo button to avoid loosing content by accident like that. It would only be necessary to undo a few steps and many things could be saved from being lost.
You are marking a paragraph to cut or copy and instead deleting it. Before you manage to refresh the page autosave comes along and that content, be it a few words or a thousand, is gone. Good luck remembering all of it in detail.
This has happened to me a number of times already. And as disabling autosave is no longer an option, i would wish for a undo/redo button to avoid loosing content by accident like that. It would only be necessary to undo a few steps and many things could be saved from being lost.
The Team's Response
Thanks for the suggestion, and we're very sorry you lost part of your work due to this issue. A new version of the WYSIWYG editor will be released by the end of June, which will include a functioning undo feature (among many other upgrades and fixes).
Current score
37/300 Votes · +7404 points
Votes Cast
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+300
by Writing Bishop
on 2024-05-12 19:22 -
+300
by PrincessHoneytea
on 2024-05-12 15:43 -
+300
by Kittymonster
on 2024-05-11 20:29A small save history, the last 3-5 actions would do, plus a dedicated undo/redo button would be nice to have.
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+100
by BoringKeys
on 2024-05-10 22:58 -
+300
by Therizino
on 2024-05-10 13:32 -
+100
by Selibaque
on 2024-05-10 10:49 -
+1
by Blossom Tree Art
on 2024-05-09 07:52I only use my PC but I can see how this might be useful for mobiles?
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+300
by GrassyHorizon
on 2024-05-08 17:15 -
+300
by Ttoctam
on 2024-05-07 09:37 -
+300
by deleyna
on 2024-05-06 20:20 -
+300
by Attacus
on 2024-05-06 03:06 -
+100
by LeeStepp
on 2024-05-04 13:29 -
+100
by JackLink916
on 2024-05-04 10:02 -
+100
by Art_n_Zeug
on 2024-05-03 16:30 -
+100
by A Revolutionary Velociraptor
on 2024-05-03 08:36 -
+300
by prestonthedm
on 2024-05-02 23:29 -
+100
by A Rambunctious Bananafolk
on 2024-05-02 18:05I have actually found myself losing paragraphs of work by using Ctrl + Z, as sometimes WA doesn't recognize the last operation I put into it. It will instead delete the last chunk of text that was written, for some reason. Having a dedicated un/redo button would help, I think. (No, I did not know of a *redo* keybind until about 3 seconds ago (Ctrl + Y for reference).)
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+1
by juggaloChaos
on 2024-05-01 12:08 -
+300
by A Roaring Bananafolk
on 2024-05-01 01:29 -
+100
by NotAPandaWasTaken
on 2024-05-01 00:47 -
+300
by moose.reads
on 2024-04-30 14:20 -
+1
by grinningsatyr
on 2024-04-28 13:20 -
+100
by A Thundering Elf
on 2024-04-27 21:00 -
+300
by Thereasonwhy
on 2024-04-27 02:36 -
+1
by Amancham
on 2024-04-26 19:57WeStanNikolai already mentioned that there is an undo option already. However, I agree that it's not visible or obvious and I had the same issue happen until I found with some searching, that the Ctrl + Z option exists.
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+300
by ColTigh128
on 2024-04-26 13:01 -
+1
by Goreface
on 2024-04-26 05:38 -
+300
by Christelijk13
on 2024-04-25 22:49 -
+300
by Inferus0
on 2024-04-25 22:09 -
+300
by Mournblade94
on 2024-04-25 17:55 -
+300
by alegrand12
on 2024-04-25 17:49 -
+300
by N7 Sgt Pwnage
on 2024-04-25 17:45 -
+300
by Slav2297
on 2024-04-25 06:16 -
+300
by Garun Wulfhart
on 2024-04-25 00:59 -
+100
by Jedu
on 2024-04-24 19:46 -
+100
by A Beloved Devil
on 2024-04-24 19:03 -
-1
by WeStanNikolai
on 2024-04-24 09:03Hi there, you can press Ctrl + Z to undo your last step, even after autosave triggered :)
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+300
by Careen Ligh
on 2024-04-23 19:44
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