This is the second time this has happened.

I have spent quite a while creating a post. I thought about something to add, clicked the cursor where I wanted it, started typing and suddenly realised that everything I had already typed had gone! When I clicked the cursor, somehow it must have selected the whole lot and deleted it as I started typing - I wouldn't mind, but the UNDO button isn't working and I couldn't get it back.

I do find it to be pretty unstable at times. Often I will click at the beginning of the row I want to type in and suddenly find my typing is coming out somewhere else and the cursor is several rows higher than where I put it!

What is going on? I am using Mozilla Firefox. Can't see why that should make any difference - I use it because I prefer it to IE.

How do you delete a reply? When I start to reply to something, I can't figure out a way to delete it if I decide not to post it.

Sorry, I don't have any answers regarding your original qustion.

You can get the previously entered text back, but not always with the context menu (popup via right-click). Use the Undo from the Edit menu at the top of the browser, while the cursor is in the area for typing.

Thanks RiceGuy. I didn't realize that would close out the whole thing, I'll try that next time.

Tried Undo, but it doesn't take me out of the "Reply" screen. I guess I wasn't very specific before. I can't find where to cancel it or close it. Any ideas?

If you start a reply (or even if you just open the reply without typing anything) you can escape without posting by using the "back" navigation function of your browser. In Firefox and IE, this is a left-pointing arrow in the top-left corner of the screen.