Editing Project:Observatory Users Manual (section)

==== Leaving an Edit Together session ====
12. Make sure you don’t leave an Edit Together session without making sure the designated Save User has Saved your desired changes or is still working in Edit Together mode.
 
* The proper way to leave an Edit Together session is with the “leave” button as shown in Step 13. (Do not refresh or exit the page in your browser during an active Edit Together session without going through Step 13 below.)
* If the person icon indicates only 1 participant and you click the “leave” button without Saving, you might be abandoning unsaved changes without a way to recover them.
** (But don’t count on this if you want to discard changes; make sure to undo undesired changes manually or with the [[Project:Observatory Users Manual#Reset (abandon changes)|Reset feature described below in '''Reset (abandon changes)''']], even if you don’t plan on Saving. Sometimes changes are autosaved and recovered even if you exit without Saving!)
** If you refresh or exit the page in your browser tab/window or leave during an active Edit Together session and you’re the only participant, you risk losing unsaved changes (sometimes they stick, but not always; the best way to leave a session is with the “leave” button). If you refresh the page and someone else is still in the Edit Together session, your unsaved changes may still be in the Edit Together session since they kept it open.
 
13. If one party wishes to leave the session, then that User will see a warning stating that all changes made by the User will remain live as long as the session is active for at least one User.
 
* The “leave” button is to the right of the person icon and to the left of the Save button:
 
[[File:Edit Together Leave button.png]]
 
14. Once a party has left the session, they will not be able to see the Edit Together changes on the page yet because they have not been Saved by the participant(s) of the Edit Together session yet.
 
15. Other participants of the Edit Together will see a brief notification at the top right of their screen when another participant leaves the session:
[[File:Edit Together leave notification.png]]
 
16. Even if one party has left the session, the other party/parties can continue to see the suggested changes and can continue editing.
 
17. A User may '''re-enter''' an active Edit Together session that they have clicked “Leave” on if it is still in progress by clicking “Edit Together” at the top of the page (the same way they did in Step 5).
 
18. Note that '''if the person icon shows the number 1''', that means you are the only participant. The warning will be the standard one whether you’re the only remaining participant in the Edit Together session or not, but '''you have a responsibility to Save if there are desired changes neither you nor other participants have Saved yet'''. There will be no custom warning telling you there are unsaved changes (because if there are changes you have agreed should not be Saved, you can continue with the “leave” button and ignore the standard warning).