wet_parachute: Textpattern plugin prevents you from inadvertently closing your browser window

wet_parachute is a plugin for Textpattern which enhances the “content > write” screen.

Have you ever lost one of your articles because you inadvertently closed your browser window or navigated away from the article edit screen without saving your changes? wet_parachute issues a warning on such occasions.

Adding yet another convenience, it restores the caret position after an intermediate save action and thus allows you to continue typing at the last insertion point without having to scroll to your last editing position whenever you save an article.

Usage

Install. Enable. Enjoy. No changes to your site required. wet_parachute relies on several non-standard browser properties to provide all included features.

Browser Warn before close Restore caret position
Firefox Yes Yes
Internet Explorer 7 Yes No
Opera No No
Safari 3 Yes No
Other ? ?

Requirements

wet_parachute works with Textpattern 4.0.5+. With Textpattern 4.0.6+, some duplicate warnings cease to be issued.

Download

Get it here: wet_parachute.txt.

Resources and Relateds

Express your suggestions, report bugs and discuss enhancements in this thread in the Textpattern forum.

Credits

This plugin contains a UTF-8-aware JavaScript MD5 implementation by WebToolkit and contributions by tkirby and Philipp ‘White’ Feigl.

Change log

Date Version Notes
2007-12-13 0.3 Initial public release
2007-12-22 0.4 Get UTF8 handling right
2008-02-26 0.5 Get rid of a spurious alert for freshly posted articles
Geschrieben am 13. Dezember 2007. Mehr davon unter .

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Kommentare

Brainy Smurf am 13. Dezember 2007, 20:44:   #

Great plugin! Works like a charm. And at least the idea should be incorporated into Textpattern.

The Exit am 14. Dezember 2007, 07:13:   #

Thank you for this wonderful plugin! Works just great!