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Unsaved Changes Warning in Lesson Design Tab (Preventing Loss of Work)

We should all be careful to save our work often, but it would be wonderful to have a little help remembering to do that!

It is very easy to lose work when adding Content under the Design tab in Lessons.

Challenges: (1) There is no autosave, (2) the "Save" button is low and often out of view without scrolling, and (3) no warning pops up to alert the user of unsaved changes.

Existing Functionality: A pop-up warning of unsaved work does appear when adding a "Link" to a lesson and attempting to leave without saving, but no similar warning appears when adding new "Content" to a Lesson.

Use Cases: Common ways to lose unsaved Content include (1) clicking on a Page link before saving the new Content (unsaved work is lost with no warning), (2) adding HTML source code content, saving that source code change, but not saving again in the regular content view. It requires clicking save twice, and the second save button is often too low and out of view without scrolling.

Solutions: Adding autosave, making the content window scalable so the Save button is more visible, and triggering a pop-up warning for unsaved changes would be great improvements, saving users a lot of frustration while they get used to designing lessons in Populi.

 

 

 

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