How can I retrieve a lost draft of a post on a forum?

[BillTre]

When I was typing a draft of a post for a new thread, when all of a sudden, I was transported back to the forum level (I probably hit some weird sequence of keys during my (presumably) deranged typing, but I don't know what that would be).
I went back, using the back key to try to get to my draft, but could not find it. I also tried going back to the made a new thread for the forum I was in and looked for a saved post, but there was none there.
However, I was able to find it by going to MY PF and looking at my recent posts, where I found it as my most recent post, which was autosaved.

I'm not expecting an explanation, but maybe this would work for someone else in this kind of situation.

 

[berkeman]

I never accidentally brush the touchpad on my laptop and end up in hyperspace. Well, since I covered the danged pad it hasn't happened on my personal laptop. My work laptop still has that issue. Not all laptops let you turn off the hyperspace-o-pad...

 

[anorlunda]

I had that happen more than once. My unfinished post appeared to have vanished, but when I refreshed the page, it reappeared. Once, I gave up, then returned to the same thread days later and much to my surprise found my unposted text still waiting there.

There is a save draft button in the editor. But CTRL-A CTRL-C works well also.