Refresh of page wipes out your typing when replying

[#1]

I've noticed this ALMOST every time I reply to a post in a thread recently:

The window appears for me to type my reply in and I start, but after a few seconds the page tries to reload, warning pop-ups appear saying it will reload and whatever you do it reloads after a few more seconds and everything you type disappears. You can't "grab" it to copy then and paste later.

It seems OK on starting a new thread, such as I'm doing now.

Windows 11, Edge browser, all totally up to date. No easy or meaningful way of taking a relevant screen shot.

I've sort of got used to clicking reply then waiting for a minute or so for it to sort itself out. But sometimes I forget. 😠

[#2]

It seems intermittent and has been happening for a long time.

I find it more prominent on my iPhone (Safari) than the laptop (MS Edge).

[#3]

I haven't had my text wiped out as described by @HPsauce 

but I'm frequently seeing a different issue (that 'feels' related) when starting to type a reply -

If I hit <Reply>, the expected text box opens, if I do nothing the blank box just sits there waiting for input.

Once I start typing AND before I can complete the first sentence, I'm frequently interrupted with this pop-up -

and typically much of what I thought I'd just typed is missing because the browser cursor 'focus' had moved from the text entry box to the pop-up - while I was looking at the keyboard because I don't touch type.

At this point I HAVEN'T accidentally clicked on <Cancel> or any other wrong key that might cause that pop-up to appear !

If I now click on <Stay on Page>,  then I can return to typing, and the interruption doesn't reoccur for the current reply.

This happens so often that it is getting really annoying !

Using - Firefox 113.0.2 on Ubuntu 18.04 - both fully up to date, and the browser has no plug-ins or add-ons.

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[#4]

Are those experiencing this inadvertently catching the 'back' button - I know I can do it at times (on my mouse).

[#5]

Definitely no back button involved; I'm invariably typing (lowercase letters) when it happens.

[#6]

For me, I'm simply typing the opening words to my reply, and not touching the mouse

[#7]

Fair enough, @HPsauce , @Anonymous     but it certainly never happens to me spontaneously - FF122.0.1 on Zorin 16.

[#8]

For me this only started perhaps two or three weeks ago, and never previously.

[#9]

My memory may be playing tricks on me but didn't there used to be a button to get what was saved in a buffer after the page was refreshed?

[#10]

Might be your memory, @Mav , although my machine does an autosave every 2/3 minutes.

[#11]

Thanks, @jab1,  for confirming I am gradually going crazy😂

[#12]

@Mav  - it's funny you mention that, because I'd noticed a little while back that in my profile area, there is a "Drafts" area, where I used to be able to continue editing a post reply that had been interrupted, but now all I can do with those 'Drafts' is <Discard> them -

[#13]

Long time since I've used that facility, but if you click on the actual 'draft' does it not open in the reply box?

[#14]

Not recently,  it used to !

The only thing that works is <Discard>

[#15]

@jab1 and @Anonymous 

Just been looking at that and it will open the so-called draft but it appears to be the 'final' draft that was posted so, in a word, pointless.

@Anonymous 

Maybe it's that functionality that I am remembering. Haven't tried to access it in years so don't know when it changed.