# Test Post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 19, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380 "2009-10-19T19:38:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380/1 "2009-10-19T19:38:40Z")
typing merrily along trying to hit the keys to make this post disappear Nope , not alt windows keys Not ctrl alt not shift alt Not shift/ctrl Not ctrl shift Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380/2 "2009-10-19T20:15:22Z")
The OP for this thread seems to have disappeared. ---
**Author:** ![NineToTheSky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5a626/32.png) [@NineToTheSky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NineToTheSky)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380/3 "2009-10-20T08:28:54Z")
I see what you’re doing, Quasi. This relates to that thread where you said that by hitting a key inadvertently, the whole post disappears? I’ve had that problem too, and, after experimentation, I think it’s the space bar. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380/4 "2009-10-27T07:21:17Z")
The concensus seems to be it’s the space bar , but as I am typing I am purposely strinkg the space ba r even in the middle of a w ord. Maybe th e space bar in conjunction with another key? I have pretty big hands, so maybe, in a huwge g ege hurry to posT aomethijng, I have hit on some kinfd i ewo m M YMYM of weird combination which erases my posts? Being that I have dementia, I KNOW y’all have to take what I write with a bag full of salt, but this really DOES happen, and I lose what I wrote and have to recreate it. All that gibberish above was intentional, by the way. Must be one of those conundrums wrapped in an enema, is all I can figger!😉 Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380/5 "2009-10-27T09:45:56Z")
It would be CTRL-A then spacebar, if spacebar is involved. That would select all the text, and then replace it with a space. Oh, and CTRL-Z should rescue your post. ETA: And now you’ve got me double spacing! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380/6 "2009-10-27T11:34:45Z")
> [@Quasimodem](#): > > … I lose what I wrote and have to recreate it. … Are you using the “Quick Reply” or the “Reply With Quote”? If it’s the “Reply With Quote” which “Message Editor Interface” are you using; “Basic Editor”, “Standard Editor” or “Enhanced Interface”? (That’s all in your “User Control Panel” \> “Your Control Panel” \> “Settings & Options” \> “Edit Options”.) The Standard and the Enhanced have an “Undo” and “Redo” button on the top right of the message reply box. I just tested it and after deleting the whole post the “Undo” did just that un-deleted my post. Also what **BigT** said! :smack: CMC fnord! The other, much clunkier solution is to save the post regularly and/or write the bulk of the post with Notepad and just use the reply box with the “Preview Post” button to check your coding etc. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2009, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-post/514380/7 "2009-10-27T13:07:30Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > The Standard and the Enhanced have an “Undo” and “Redo” button on the top right of the message reply box. … Day-um. I never noticed those before. Thanks!