# premature posting problem

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-posting-problem/122722>\
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**Created:** [August 7, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-posting-problem/122722 "2002-08-07T04:44:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-posting-problem/122722/1 "2002-08-07T04:44:21Z")

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Okay, even while I’m typing this post I am trying to see if I can somehow get to ‘submit new thread’ and launch this post off before I’m done.

Quite a few times I’ve launched a post (usually a reply) via only keyboard strokes. They must be punctuation characters, as typically I complete sentences.

Definitely not smilies.

Left Paren, the Shift key…I don’t know. But just a minute ago – still typing a reply to a thread on Cafe Society - up pops the “Thank you for posting”

Can I reply to a thread with just a keyboard? My mouse remains stationary to my left, the pointer hovering over the :mad: mad face.

Perhaps it’s best I get cut off befo

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-posting-problem/122722/2 "2002-08-07T06:45:17Z")

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I’m submitting this without using the mouse. A few tabs to highlight the button, and a tap of “enter”, will do it.

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**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-posting-problem/122722/3 "2002-08-07T07:13:20Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Chronos \*  
> \*\*I’m submitting this without using the mouse. A few tabs to highlight the button, and a tap of “enter”, will do it. \*\*

:dumbfounded:

In Netscape and IE it only takes a Tab + Enter - even mid-sentence - to Submit Reply.

Maybe that’s what I’m doing - or perhaps I’m hitting the the equivalent Ctrl-sequences.

Thanks, **Chronos**

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**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-posting-problem/122722/4 "2002-08-07T14:12:50Z")

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testing

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**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/premature-posting-problem/122722/5 "2002-08-07T21:51:28Z")

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Not testing.