Preview opens first in pop-up, then in a new tab

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  andreamareike · Member · May 25, 2011 at 12:02 pm

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  Hi guys!

  This is a bit weird, and today’s the first time this happened to me: when I want to preview a post, it wants to open in a pop-up at first, which it usually never does, and which my browser automatically blocked (I use Chrome on Windows 7, btw). I opened the pop-up window, the preview was fine. Then, just to try, I closed it and clicked preview in the editor again–upon which it opened as it normally does, in a new tab. And now, ten minutes later, no preview at all will open. Nothing.

  Is this some freak of technology or a bug? ’cause it’s a bit of a hindrance :D

  Thanks!
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  andreamareike · Member · May 25, 2011 at 12:12 pm

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  As I said, now it’s all just… poof. No previews opening anywhere. Guys, what’s wrong?

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  andreamareike · Member · May 25, 2011 at 12:29 pm

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  Tried it on my mum’s netbook, Windows XP3 with Chrome, and here previews are working. Checking again on mine.

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  andreamareike · Member · May 25, 2011 at 12:34 pm

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  OK, it’s back to normal now. Must have been a temporary glitch/bug.

  Sorry!

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  andreamareike · Member · May 25, 2011 at 12:41 pm

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  Previews alternating again. Seems to occur when there has been no permalink generated yet.

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  airodyssey · Member · May 25, 2011 at 10:04 pm

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  Exactly. From experience, you can’t “Preview” a post until you clicked on Save Draft at least once, or until WordPress.com autosaves it for you.

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  minerva09 · Member · May 25, 2011 at 10:30 pm

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  But i guess when you click preview it gets autosaved ;)

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  airodyssey · Member · May 25, 2011 at 10:31 pm

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  I wish it did… otherwise I wouldn’t be experiencing the same issue grummelmädchen reported :-)

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  minerva09 · Member · May 25, 2011 at 10:46 pm

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  he he actually guys IT DOES AUTOSAVE when YOU CLICK ON PREVIEW button…

  now try to understanding why all this is happening….

  When you open a new tab things do get autosave but if your new tab is like blocked then it wont do the autosave thing also…

  P.S.: Autosave happens if the code is allowed to display a new tab or pop up.. if aint no autosave