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Peacetrain

(23,640 posts) Tue Jul 23, 2024, 12:17 PM Jul 2024

I am having an issue with writing and posting and it only happens in DU [View all]

I will be writing a post and suddenly I am typing in the middle of a sentence at the beginning of my post and also.. my text will just disappear.. I will be typing and hit a key to start a new word and the whole text that I have already written will disappear.. Help

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I am having an issue with writing and posting and it only happens in DU [View all] Peacetrain Jul 2024 OP

No issues here. Hope you get it fixed. SamKnause Jul 2024 #1

me too... it is crazy.. Peacetrain Jul 2024 #2

I've had issue several times when typing fast, but think I probably hit some key combination that erases everything. Silent Type Jul 2024 #3

ooohhh I do type fast.. Peacetrain Jul 2024 #4

Sounds entirely like a browser issue. usonian Jul 2024 #5

I do not know what the heck I am doing wrong.. but another person has the same issue Peacetrain Jul 2024 #7

From my vague memory ... usonian Jul 2024 #9

I have yahoo also.. I will do that.. makes good sense.. thanks!! Peacetrain Jul 2024 #11

cancel. usonian Jul 2024 #14

It happens to me when I hit an extra key with the edge of my hand and then Bernardo de La Paz Jul 2024 #6

I was trying to see what I was doing wrong.. and hit my space bar three times in a row in here Peacetrain Jul 2024 #8

laptop? Make sure you are not touching the trackpad accidentally. That would do it. usonian Jul 2024 #10

Oh Jesus .. I do that all the time.. my hand lays right over it Peacetrain Jul 2024 #12

Don't ask me why I thought about this. usonian Jul 2024 #13

Definitely not at the computer Peacetrain Jul 2024 #15

Solving problems makes my day! WOO HOO! usonian Jul 2024 #16