prophane Posted August 12, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 12, 2023 I hit the clone button on a post and the new post it gave me had the original post listed 7 times in a row. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neopopulas Posted August 12, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 12, 2023 Did it happen more than once in a row? I've had it happen to me now and then but usually I just delete them and hit clone again and it works fine. I can never get it to do it on command though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophane Posted August 13, 2023 Author Clone Share Posted August 13, 2023 The first time it happened i just cancelled the post and tried again. Then it did it again with even more post copies. I published the post to see if it would actually do it and it did. Then I just edited it and deleted most everything except what I needed. Nothing devastating or difficult here but clearly not working the way it should. I've used the clone button many many times before without issue. Just thought I should make a note of this glitch in the matrix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malkavian Grin Posted August 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 13, 2023 37 minutes ago, prophane said: The first time it happened i just cancelled the post and tried again. Then it did it again with even more post copies. I published the post to see if it would actually do it and it did. Then I just edited it and deleted most everything except what I needed. Nothing devastating or difficult here but clearly not working the way it should. I've used the clone button many many times before without issue. Just thought I should make a note of this glitch in the matrix Cloning a post puts it into the session's memory, from my limited knowledge of the back-end system. This means canceling a post does nothing because it's still in your session. If you clone, all it's doing is adding the source HTML to whatever you've currently got going in the post you're editing, then your browser remembers what was in that box. This isn't technically a bug, as I understand it. However, it's not an intuitive use of the function. I propose that when you hit clone, it deletes anything in the target post area, then pastes the new stuff you're trying to clone. Then you don't end up with multiple clones. Okay, I did a little testing, which I should've done first. Turns out if you clone a post, then hit clone again, it copies whatever is in the new post and adds it a second time, then adds in the new post. I just tested it out and the clones go: Times I press Clone: a single clone 2 copies of #1 plus an extra (3 total) 2 copies of #2 plus an extra (7 total) 2 copies of #3 plus an extra (15 total) etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted August 13, 2023 Clone Share Posted August 13, 2023 🤣 Thanks for ferreting that one out, MG! Will put it on the bug fix list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leons1701 Posted September 6, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 6, 2023 I've had the multiple clones before, but this one was new, it not only cloned my post multiple times, but the post before it as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted September 6, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 6, 2023 7 hours ago, leons1701 said: I've had the multiple clones before, but this one was new, it not only cloned my post multiple times, but the post before it as well. Link to where it happened? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leons1701 Posted September 7, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 7, 2023 https://www.myth-weavers.com/index.php?/topic/8142-chapter-6-pillars-of-ruin-continued/&do=findComment&comment=114943 This was the cloned post, on surveying the thread again, the extra post was actually two posts below, this post https://www.myth-weavers.com/index.php?/topic/8142-chapter-6-pillars-of-ruin-continued/&do=findComment&comment=115143 Both posts were copied multiple times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Posted September 8, 2023 Clone Share Posted September 8, 2023 So, the resolution to this was coincident with changing the Clone button to always go to the editor buffer, required to fix Clone's mobile functionality in iOS. As a result, the content hits the buffer exactly once, and clicking the Clone button in the editor pastes the cloned content exactly once. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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