Keybind or Button-click to Minimize (but not remove) Composer

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Been noticing while I use the composer that sometimes I need to see more of the viewport to aid in making my post. I tend to browse: gather links and text. When I do that, I have to click and hold the composer’s top edge and resize it. I used to click the down arrow in the upper right but that removes the composer completely and when I click ‘make a new reply/topic’ it erases what I had in progress. I currently see no way to bring it back up with my post in progress.

My suggestion for easier posting workflow is to have an ‘inbetween’ state where there’s a small indicator at the edge that a user can click and it brings their post back in progress, thus allowing them to temporarily push it down while browsing/searching. Or have a keyboard shortcut that minimizes the composer to that resized state that I manually do by clicking and dragging at the composer’s top edge.

Right now, as I personally see it, I can’t temporarily push the composer down. If I resize, it’s clumsy and awkward at best when I am in that ‘flow’ then suddenly halting to do that. Or, I click the down arrow in the composer’s upper right and I see no way to bring it back up. There is also no visible help anywhere that may show instructions on how to bring it back up (if this feature exists).

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Hmmm, no? Minimizing the composer or “closing” it with Esc should show a bar at the bottom of the page, indicating that you have a draft in progress:

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Interesting, I do not get that behavior. I figured this was already in core but when I minimize with the upper right arrow, the entire composer disappears.

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I believe the trick is you must enter enough for it to say “saved” in the bottom bar for our to minimize properly

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That relates to another problem I have, and having temporary multiple drafts would possible fix that. It’s come to a point where I begin typing, I get a message elsewhere and would like to temp-save what I have in progress. I have to stop, copy the title, paste into Sublime Text, go back to the window, copy the text body I have so far and then put that into Sublime Text as well. It’s getting cumbersome. But I can make a new topic for that now.

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You already have exactly what you are describing. However we do not bother saving a draft (on infinite topics, as long as it is a reply) until you type the minimum chars for a post.

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Thank you for the reply. I put a bunch of lorem ipsum in the box and tried it, and yes you are right. So thank you for clarifying.

If there’s a way for me to manually save a draft without having to c/p it somewhere else, this, I think, would be perfect.