Unsent texts in Messenger disappear before I send them
My friend who often touches something while she is typing has the problem, but it happens to me too. I am using a laptop. I am sick of writing a note, only to have it disappear before I have a chance to send it. Is there a setting on my laptop where I can lock Messenger until I'm ready to send a message? If a message disappears, is there some place in the limbo of my laptop memory it might be lurking?
I notice that in all texts I create online, such as something like this, the cursor will some from where I'm typing to some other place in the text. I don't stare at the screen and touch type, so it is easy to miss the thing acting up. I get to the point that I will copy and paste my text into a word processor, so if I lose it, I have a copy, then delete if I don't need it.
I'm thinking of some way to lock my text screen, until I'm done. I did a Google search, and they have all kinds of help on texts that were send, then disappeared, not what I'm looking for. Ifthere isn't a tech fix for this problem, what am I touching that causes a whole text to poof?
Any help is gratefully appreciated. Thank you!
ManiacJoe
(10,136 posts)Facebook software is not known for its stability.
By "disappear" do you mean crash or swap to a different window or something else?
Weird cursor movements are common on laptops when you are errantly resting your hand on the touch pad.
Marthe48
(16,692 posts)I write messages that are more like short notes. I'll be close to being finished writing the text, look up, and the text page is empty. I was hoping there was a way I could lock a screen I'm typing in, so that all of my effort isn't wasted.
I've been paying attention to where my hands are in relation to the keyboard, and haven't had a repeat. Thanks for commenting.