Post labels cause lost posts

[andre.buurman@carya]

Today I lost another post due to missing label thinking that I posted it!

Can these label be better highlighted or gray the post button until all mandatory fields have been filled?

[LiliMcDonald]

Hi Andre,

Sorry to hear you're encountering issues! When you are posting a new topic to a board that requires labels, if you forget to add the label before posting - the page will refresh and you will see a red error message asking you to choose a label. As long as you don't close the page, your post should still be within the text editor.

We can add this use case to our backlog to investigate if there are improvements that can be made.

Thanks,

Lili McDonald
Community Manager, National Instruments
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[andre.buurman@carya]

Hi Lili,

In addition:

I saw that the message indicated that it auto-saved.

What is the point of this auto-save if I can't find it back, like as a draft that hasn't been submitted yet?

Being able to find unfinished posts (drafts) in our profile might solve this issue and allow more time to edit before posting.

Thanks.

[LiliMcDonald]

Andre,

You should see your last auto-saved draft when you are creating a new post.

We can look into adding drafts back to the user profile page.

Thanks,

Lili