Wordpress-ios: Posting: Make it harder to accidentially publish an incomplete post

[aerych]

A user has shared their frustration regarding accidentally published posts and asks if there could be an "Are you sure?" prompt to help prevent premature publishing.

What could we do to help avoid accidentally publishing an incomplete post?

[rachelmcr]

An alternative to a confirmation prompt could be the option to undo a published post before it goes out to email followers/publicize connections. There's a suggestion for that kind of "undo" feature in Calypso here: https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/issues/4562

[ChrissiePollock]

Brought up again in #238472-h

[oguzkocer]

I'd love to see a confirmation with a way to disable it for future and a way to reset it in Settings. So, it'd be like:

• Are you sure?
• Yes
• Cancel
• Yes and never ask again

_Following this one to open a similar issue on Android when we decide how to tackle it_

[rachelmcr]

Calypso now has a publish confirmation that could be used for inspiration.

After you select Publish on a post, you get this publish confirmation sidebar (with the option to disable it at the bottom of the sidebar):

You can also enable/disable the publish confirmation in your site's Writing settings:

[ChrissiePollock]

Brought up again in #238848-h.

[iamthomasbishop]

I'm starting to work on adding a confirmation step to the new writing flow - similar to Calypso - but for now, I could see an action sheet as confirmation being an okay option until we get there. Here's what it would look like:

Above:

1. Editor
2. When user taps on Publish
3. (For reference) when user taps on •••

Thoughts?

// cc @folletto @mattmiklic

[alisterscott]

I'd love to see this - the pre-publish confirmation in Calypso results in a less anxiety inducing publishing experience - especially since email notifications can't be undone for a new post