Editor Launching Policy

Last updated: Wednesday, 23 September, 2020

This technote defines the policy for what is loaded in the post editor on app launch.

The app shall always launch to the post editor. Determining what post should be loaded in the editor requires defining the following:

Last Draft: The last post with either a local or edited status to have been loaded into the post editor. It's important to note that a published post that is loaded into the post editor and is then changed becomes an edited post, and therefore qualifies as a last draft.

The launch policy is as follows:

The app shall launch to the last draft, except when:

There is no last draft (i.e., on the first launch of the app); or
The user's actions signal that they are done working with this last draft:
- The last draft was published before quitting the app
- The user's last action in the app was to leave the post editor (iOS) or deselect any post from the post list (macOS).

In these cases, the app shall launch to a new, blank, local post.