1586524 - Implement warning at closing pages with unsaved changes

Status: NEW

(support.mozilla.org :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Lan Glad [:upwinxp]]

This was probably already filed and buried among the WontFix bugs, but let's try again.

Most of us have already managed to accidentally close a page (such as when editing an article or writing a forum post) and lose a lot of work with a single click. Most sites (try Wikipedia) prevent that with a warning, shown in Firefox as: "This page is asking you to confirm that you want to leave - data you have entered may not be saved. Leave Page / Stay on Page". This should be added to SUMO, too.

Comment 1

[Alice Wyman]

(In reply to Lan Glad [:upwinxp] from comment #0)

This was probably already filed and buried among the WontFix bugs,

Bug 873637

Comment 2

[Tasos Katsoulas [:tasos]]

Tracking issue is filed here:
https://github.com/mozilla/kitsune/issues/3921

Comment 3

[Alice Wyman]

A similar issue was brought up today by mkaply in the SUMO matrix room, https://chat.mozilla.org/#/room/#sumo:mozilla.org
(quote) Today I learned that clicking a link in my preview of my document on SUMO causes me to lose all my content when I go back :(

Comment 5

[Alice Wyman]

Attachment: MozillaWiki-LeavePage-confirm.png

Mozilla Wiki warning, asking me to confirm that I want to leave the page (see attached).