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First-ever-transition hint about auto-save (and/or a Save As option on first edit) #15727

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@pedropintosilva

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.

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