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Can we have 'undo' please?

Forum|Forum|15 years ago
November 2, 2010
5 replies
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Most standard keyboard shortcuts (like Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V on Windows) work just fine in the forum editor.

However, sometimes we make a mistake, e.g. deleting an entire text section. The natural reaction is to hit undo (Ctrl+Z on Windows), but nothing happens.

This happened to me a lot since this new forum came into being 1½ years ago, and I hate that such a basic computer feature is disabled here.

Can we please have undo activated in the forum editor?

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Claudio González

Legend

Pat, as you say, the Ctrl/Cmd - Z command is a system feature both in Win and Mac OSs. In my experience, it works almost everywhere except in these forums. I don't remember if it did in the fair forums, and I am not sure if it has ever worked here and, in my opinion, if it ever did or didn't in either is completely irrelevant for your most legitimate petition.

Unfortunately, we have already been informed that, if the command has never worked in the present version of these forums, then this whole thread is moot. So it would seem that we are wasting our time. Once again.

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Pat, Claudio,

I apologize. It was stronger than I.

I am sure everyone would be happy to have Ctrl+Z/Cmd+Z, and even Ctrl+Shift+Z/Cmd+Shift+Z, working; but I am equally sure that it is no more possible than the other missing/missed features.

And I am quite sure that the feature was there in the fair forums; I believe I should have remembered if it had been missing. John would have the final word about that.

pwillenerAuthor

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Jacob Bugge wrote:
I am quite sure that the feature was there in the fair forums ...

Undo is an operating system function; it works in almost every software, on websites - including every forum software I know. However, for some unknown reason, this basic functionality is disabled in the Jive forum editor.

This is not something, b.t.w., that has been disabled recently; it had been missing from the very beginning (I believe).

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Pat,

Undo is an operating system function; it works in almost every software, on websites - including every forum software I know. However, for some unknown reason, this basic functionality is disabled in the Jive forum editor.

Quite true, I should have said that the Undo disabling feature was absent in the fair forums.

This is not something, b.t.w., that has been disabled recently; it had been missing from the very beginning (I believe).

Our belief is strong.

Jacob Bugge

Community Expert

Better still, let us have Undo applied to the forum change.

Captiv8r

Legend

Hi Jacob

Your post raises an interesting issue.

I've noticed that many folks have suggested a reversion to the older way of doing things.(The forums the way they once were) Consider at this point that Adobe took the view there was an issue with the former forums platforms and something new was needed in order to address everything. So there is no going back to what once was. What once worked apparently began to fail as time passed and the user base grew exponentially.

The problem is, I don't believe I've seen anyone suggest a forum platform that will work for all products so Adobe only has to maintain a single forum platform to cover its nearly 100 or so different products and the many thousands of users simultaneously posting questions and answers.

Instead of suggesting that Adobe return to a system they felt was in need of replacement, perhaps it would be helpful if folks could suggest a forums platform that they find to be scalable and that works for all involved?

Perhaps if an acceptable plaform could be identified and supported by a majority of forum users, Adobe would consider it?

Just thinking out loud a bit... Rick

pwillenerAuthor

Legend

Can we please stay on topic, and discuss the Jive issue somewhere else?

the_wine_snob

Inspiring

I'll "third" that request. My support for Ctrl+Z is probably due to the fact that I am error-prone.

Hunt

A

Anonymous

Hear, hear!

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