Add draft support

[matrixes]

Issue

This is perhaps more of a feature request than an issue or bug. At least I couldn't find much if anything in the archives about this functionality.

I'd like to see support for drafts to some extent. Currently, when I'm writing a comment on a card, don't click the Comment button to immediately save it, and leave the card, all the text in the comment is now gone when I open the same card. It makes it very cumbersome without draft support as it's both easy to mis click outside the card window and accidently close it, or even opening up other cards to copy and paste information is not possible because the text I wrote doesn't stick until I click the "Comment" button.

Server Setup Information:

• Did you test in newest Wekan?: I tested v4.23.0
• For new Wekan install, did you configure root-url correctly so Wekan cards open correctly https://github.com/wekan/wekan/wiki/Settings ?: Wekan cards open as I expect them to
• Wekan version: 4.23.0 through snap. Snap reports no new packages.
• Operating System: Ubuntu 18.04
• Node Version: 12.18.3
• MongoDB Version: 3.2.22
• Deployment Method(snap/docker/sandstorm/mongodb bundle/source): snap
• Wekan only works on newest desktop Firefox/Chromium/Chrome/Edge/Chromium Edge and mobile Chrome. What webbrowser version are you using? Tested latest Firefox and Brave (Chromium fork)

Problem description:

• REQUIRED: Add recorded animated gif about how it works currently, and screenshot mockups how it should work. Use peek to record animgif in Linux https://github.com/phw/peek

• Explain steps how to reproduce

1: Create a card 2: Start typing in the Comment field 3: Close the card 4: Open the card

Expected behaviour: I'd like the text that I drafted to stay in the comment text area. Actual behaviour: The comment text area is empty, forcing me to rewrite the whole thing.

• In webbrowser, what does show Right Click / Inspect / Console ? Chrome shows more detailed info than Firefox.

Nothing in the console is showing. It's empty.

• If using Snap, what does show command sudo snap logs wekan.wekan ? Please anonymize logs.

2020-08-25T22:12:02Z wekan.wekan[19809]: DEFAULT_AUTHENTICATION_METHOD= (default value)
2020-08-25T22:12:02Z wekan.wekan[19809]: ATTACHMENTS_STORE_PATH= (default value)
2020-08-25T22:12:02Z wekan.wekan[19809]: SCROLLINERTIA=auto (default value)
2020-08-25T22:12:02Z wekan.wekan[19809]: error: error running snapctl: get which option?
2020-08-25T22:12:02Z wekan.wekan[19809]: SCROLLAMOUNT= (default value)
2020-08-25T22:12:02Z wekan.wekan[19809]: PASSWORD_LOGIN_ENABLED=true (default value)
2020-08-25T22:12:02Z wekan.wekan[19809]: MONGO_URL=mongodb://127.0.0.1:27019/wekan
2020-08-25T22:12:03Z wekan.wekan[19809]: Presence started serverId=wR72utHwGo7RYykxg
2020-08-25T22:12:04Z wekan.wekan[19809]: Meteor APM: completed instrumenting the app
2020-08-25T22:12:05Z wekan.wekan[19809]: {"line":"87","file":"percolate_synced-cron.js","message":"SyncedCron: Scheduled \"notification_cleanup\" next run @Wed Aug 26 2020 00:12:05 GMT+0200 (Central European Summer Time)","time":{"$date":1598393525344},"level":"info"}

[chrnin]

I just had a melancholic feedback because of this very thing… Is there a bounty for this feature ?

[xet7]

@chrnin

When I search for draft at Roadmap I don't find anything, so it seems nobody has yet paid for draft support.

There is some draft support in WeKan already, but I don't know does it work currently. Sometimes some feature can get broken by some new change like new feature or fix.

[chrnin]

Thanks for looking ! I could have it done by myself ;)

Indeed, it's possible to use drafts with description field. When a user write into the description and click elsewhere (on the card), then his work in progress is stored in the database and he can reload the text like he left it. I noted that if you close the card by clicking elsewhere outside of the card, then work in progress is lost.

For the comment input zone, if you don't close the card then the input area isn't reset when you wander inside the card, but if you close the card then its content is lost (when dom object is destroyed I presume).