Initially reported by @mmeeks
When you click "Edit", auto-save turns on. From that moment, any change (even a typo from your cat walking on the keyboard) gets written back to the file immediately. You can't close-without-saving to escape it.
How to improve it so, we are more in line with what user expects: The very first time a user ever switches from view to edit, pop up a small one-time message that says something like:
"You're now editing. Your changes will save automatically. Want to save a copy first?" [Save As…] [Got it]
or much shorter "Auto-save is on. Save a copy first?" [Save As…] [Dismiss] "
We actually already have a snackbar so it should be very easy to do this.
Initially reported by @mmeeks
When you click "Edit", auto-save turns on. From that moment, any change (even a typo from your cat walking on the keyboard) gets written back to the file immediately. You can't close-without-saving to escape it.
How to improve it so, we are more in line with what user expects: The very first time a user ever switches from view to edit, pop up a small one-time message that says something like:
"You're now editing. Your changes will save automatically. Want to save a copy first?" [Save As…] [Got it]
or much shorter "Auto-save is on. Save a copy first?" [Save As…] [Dismiss] "
We actually already have a snackbar so it should be very easy to do this.