We have had several users experiencing problems with accidentally deleting posts (especially while on mobile – on most mobile browsers, the delete button renders in a spot that is very easy to hit with your right thumb while scrolling). As is, the delete post operation does not prompt for any confirmation (as opposed to editing or creating a new post, which requires a minimum of two clicks, in different spots within the UI).
I realize this isn’t exactly an earth shattering pain point, since you have the option to “undelete” the post for quite some time (24 hours with the default config)… but it has caused us some rather spectacular issues in our forum games category, where there is a global rule against editing posts (for game continuity reasons), and the delete button is basically an instant, irrevocable edit pencil on the post.
I have confirmed via try.discourse.org that the delete button functions without a confirmation prompt on the current version.
Hm. I guess I didn’t think about the fact that we’re quite likely to have had a customization in place on our side. I’ve escalated your information to our admins and will let you know what the result is, thanks for the help.
And to answer @codinghorror’s question… I see the delete key on desktop but it’s behind the … menu on mobile for me here. So probably a customization / option change we have in place on my home forum.
I did confirm that the post menu hidden items settings was modified from defaults. We’re testing how things work with the settings changed back, and you can close this request.
