Where are the saved drafts?

[pizzabox]

So there's the "Drafts" button, denoted by the floppy disk, here in the post composer. But how does one access one's saved drafts? I've clicked everywhere and searched, too. Saw a post that seems to suggest this is related to an autosave feature (or at least "Delete Draft" is, but the UI seems to imply this feeds a Drafts folder that should exist somewhere. Am I dense? Your help is appreciated.

 

[Weaselboy]

There is no folder or central place to see drafts.

The draft is saved in the post itself in whatever thread you typed it.

For example, if I leave this thread without posting my comment, and the draft is saved, if I later return to this same thread, my draft comment will still be there waiting for me to hit the "Post reply" button.

 

[pizzabox]

There is no folder or central place to see drafts.

The draft is saved in the post itself in whatever thread you typed it.

For example, if I leave this thread without posting my comment, and the draft is saved, if I later return to this same thread, my draft comment will still be there waiting for me to hit the "Post reply" button.

Thanks. I was thinking that could have been the case.

But what if you're trying to start a new thread? I just did a test and didn't see a draft in the forum. I could see that as being a more useful use case for drafts than replies, where understandably we may not want to encourage people (via a more robust drafts feature) to post stale comments in a dynamic environment.

 

[Weaselboy]

I just checked, and I see the same save/delete draft buttons when creating a new thread.

 

[pizzabox]

Yes, but if a saved reply draft appears by navigating to the thread in question, where does a saved new thread draft appear? If it's at the forum level I couldn't see it.

 

[Weaselboy]

If you go back to that same forum and click create new thread, it will show your unposted draft from earlier.

 

[pizzabox]

Ah, I see it. Thanks!