Item2239: Problem: edit (wysiwyg) -> WikiText -> save = changes lost

After the upgrade to foswiki 1.0.7. we´re having an "editor-problem":

1. You start editing a topic using the wysiwyg-editor (via edit-button or while creating a new topic),
2. then switch with the WikiText-Button to the raw-editor (because WikiText-editing is what you really wanted to do),
3. you do some editing
4. and then use the save button.

Doing the save-operation all your changes get lost.

The problem can be reproduces with firefox 3.5.3 and ie 6.0.29 (I only tried those two ones).

Foswiki Version is 1.0.7.

here´s the plugin-list:

• TWikiCompatibilityPlugin (Foswiki-1.0, $Rev: 3626 (2009-04-22) $): add TWiki personality to Foswiki
• SpreadSheetPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5049 (2009-09-20) $): Add spreadsheet calculations like "$SUM($ABOVE())" to Foswiki tables and other topic text
• CommentPlugin (12 Sep 2009, $Rev: 4843 (2009-09-11) $): Quickly post comments to a page without an edit/preview/save cycle
• CompareRevisionsAddonPlugin (22 Mar 2009, $Rev: 3727 (2009-04-27) $):
• EditTablePlugin (4.33, $Rev: 4950 (2009-09-16) $): Edit tables using edit fields, date pickers and drop down boxes
• HistoryPlugin (1.4, $Rev: 1340 1401 (17 Dec 2008) $): Shows a complete history of a document
• IfDefinedPlugin (v2.00, $Rev: 4422 (2009-07-03) $): Render content conditionally
• InterwikiPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5022 (2009-09-20) $): Link ExternalSite?:Page text to external sites based on aliases defined in a rules topic
• JQueryPlugin (2.02, $Rev: 4411 (2009-07-03) $): jQuery JavaScript library for Foswiki
• NatEditPlugin (v4.01, $Rev: 4410 (2009-07-03) $): A Wikiwyg Editor
• NatSkinPlugin (3.94, 4916): Theming engine for NatSkin
• PreferencesPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5037 (2009-09-20) $): Allows editing of preferences using fields predefined in a form
• PublishPlugin (18 May 2009, $Rev: 3991 (2009-05-30) $): Generate static output (HTML, PDF) optionally upload (FTP) the output to a publishing site.
• RedirectPlugin (1.0, $Rev: 3395 (2009-04-09) $): Create a redirect to another topic or website.
• RevCommentPlugin (22 Jan 2009, $Rev: 2125 (22 Jan 2009) $): Allows a short summary of changes to be entered for a new revision.
• SlideShowPlugin (02 Aug 2008, $Rev: 2742 (2009-02-26) $): Create web based presentations based on topics with headings.
• SmiliesPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5046 (2009-09-20) $): Render smilies like smile as icons
• TablePlugin (1.043, $Rev: 5078 (2009-09-21) $): Control attributes of tables and sorting of table columns
• TinyMCEPlugin (20 Sep 2009, $Rev: 5054 (2009-09-20) $): Integration of the Tiny MCE WYSIWYG Editor
• TwistyPlugin (1.5.3, $Rev: 4751 (2009-09-02) $): Twisty section Javascript library to open/close content dynamically
• WysiwygPlugin (18 Sep 2009, $Rev: 4981 (2009-09-18) $): Translator framework for Wysiwyg editors

Thanks for your help

-- MichaHayler - 12 Oct 2009

Hello Micha,

You seem to be using old plugins. This issue relates to NatEditPlugin.

Please upgrade your Nat* plugins, particularly NatEditPlugin, NatSkinPlugin, NatSkin, JQueryPlugin. Let us know how you go.

-- PaulHarvey - 13 Oct 2009

Thanks, upgrading NatEdit helped! Now is works very well again.

(We´re using PatternSkin so I didn´t really put a focus on the Nat-Stuff - not understanding that NatEdit ist great WikiText-Editor).

-- MichaHayler - 13 Oct 2009

Thanks for the update!

-- PaulHarvey - 23 Oct 2009