do you know in all the years i've been here i've never noticed the quick reply .. lol !!

but yes i have done some lengthy posts before only to have lost them, has to be a forum issue.

Suzanne

I have been playing with the system to see if I could make it do what you described. And I can make it do it by pressing three keys, Ctrl+A (together) then ANY other key

Ctrl+A is the windows short-cut key for select all, and the next key you hit will replace everything that is selected.

So if you're having problems with your keyboard due to RA it's just possible to accidentally hit that key combination, especially as the Ctrl key is right beneath the Shift key, so if you meant to type Shift+A to get an upper case A, but hit the Ctrl key plus A by mistake that would select everything. Then, pretty much whatever key you hit next will delete the highlighted text and replace it with whatever key you pressed.

(Sorry to cast aspersions on your typing skills BTW)

If I'm right, then all is not lost because there is a way to get back your lost material, as long as you spot it soon enough. There is another Windows keyboard short-cut, Ctrl+z which undoes the last n keystrokes. Hold down the Ctrl key and press Z repeatedly till the deleted text reappears.

Of course now you're going to tell me that you don't have a Windows PC. I am not familiar with Macs but I think they do have corresponding keyboard short-cuts.

Hope that helps

Thanks Paul. Yes I do lose scripts but you may well be right as my name starts with
an "a". Anne

Just to say looking in from my tablet and now using the quick reply,

easy to read the previous posts, I never usually reply with tablet only my lovely comp.

Suzanne

@Suzanne - Sorry. It's the Software Product Manager in me!

@Both - If you are certain that you are not accidentally deleting yourself then the my solution won't work because it will only undo a keyboard deletion. So, next time it happens, try Ctrl+z. If it doesn't restore your work then we will know for sure that the forum software is the problem. If it DOES work we will know that it was an accidental deletion.

If it's a problem with the forum then it needs to be reported so NRAS can take it up with the forum software company.

Don't be frightened of touching the Ctrl and Alt keys. On their own they do nothing. When combined with other keys they have many useful properties - such as Ctrl+I to turn on italics (won't work in the forum though).

If there's any other PC problem you have on which I can blind you with science, please feel free.......

An update Paul!
will be informing NRAS I think, as another one has vanished! Just re reading a long reply, fingers hovering over keyboard and off it went!
I tried your tip and nothing came back so resorted to quick reply with no smilies and no problem!

Julie

Aren't we all different!! And isn't THAT a good job!!
It took me a while to find the "Post Reply" I definitely found the quick reply first! Maybe something to do with which way our heads are screwed on!!!

Keep on smiling

Julie