auto preview when inserting a media item or embed into a post. Since this unanticipated action could be alarming (some might think the post was actually submitted), also provide a visible preview indicator within the previewed content. Remove the css for the old striped background image which hasn't been available for previewed content for a year or two.

Zotlabs/Lib/ThreadItem.php

@@ -407,6 +407,7 @@ class ThreadItem {
 			'showdislike' => $showdislike,
 			'comment' => $this->get_comment_box($indent),
 			'previewing' => ($conv->is_preview() ? true : false ),
+			'preview_lbl' => t('This is an unsaved preview'),
 			'wait' => t('Please wait'),
 			'submid' => str_replace(['+','='], ['',''], base64_encode(substr($item['mid'],0,32))),
 			'thread_level' => $thread_level

include/conversation.php

@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@ function conversation($items, $mode, $update, $page_mode = 'traditional', $prepa
 
 	$preview = (($page_mode === 'preview') ? true : false);
 	$previewing = (($preview) ? ' preview ' : '');
+	$preview_lbl = t('This is an unsaved preview');
 
 	if ($mode === 'network') {
 
@@ -684,6 +685,7 @@ function conversation($items, $mode, $update, $page_mode = 'traditional', $prepa
 					'mode' => $mode,
 					'approve' => t('Approve'),
 					'delete' => t('Delete'),
+					'preview_lbl' => $preview_lbl,
 					'id' => (($preview) ? 'P0' : $item['item_id']),
 					'linktitle' => sprintf( t('View %s\'s profile @ %s'), $profile_name, $profile_url),
 					'profile_url' => $profile_link,

view/theme/redbasic/css/style.css

@@ -251,8 +251,7 @@ footer {
 	margin-top: 15px;
 }
 
-.preview {
+.preview-indicator {
-	background: url('../img/gray_and_white_diagonal_stripes_background_seamless.gif');
 }
 
 #theme-preview {

view/tpl/conv_item.tpl

@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
 					</div>
 					{{/if}}
 					<div class="wall-item-author">
+						{{if $item.previewing}}<span class="preview-indicator"><i class="fa fa-eye" title="{{$item.preview_lbl}}"></i></span>&nbsp;{{/if}}
 						<a href="{{$item.profile_url}}" title="{{$item.linktitle}}" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name{{$item.sparkle}}" id="wall-item-name-{{$item.id}}" >{{$item.name}}</span></a>{{if $item.owner_url}}&nbsp;{{$item.via}}&nbsp;<a href="{{$item.owner_url}}" title="{{$item.olinktitle}}" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name{{$item.osparkle}}" id="wall-item-ownername-{{$item.id}}">{{$item.owner_name}}</span></a>{{/if}}
 					</div>
 					<div class="wall-item-ago"  id="wall-item-ago-{{$item.id}}">

view/tpl/jot-header.tpl

@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ function enableOnUser(){
 				$('#jot-media').val($('#jot-media').val() + data.result.message);
 			},
 			stop: function(e,data) {
+				preview_post();
 				$('#profile-rotator').spin(false);
 			},
 		});
@@ -175,6 +176,7 @@ function enableOnUser(){
                             $('#profile-rotator').spin('tiny');
                             $.get('{{$baseurl}}/linkinfo?f=&binurl=' + reply, function(data) {
                                     addeditortext(data);
+									preview_post();
                                     $('#profile-rotator').spin(false);
                             });
                         }

view/tpl/search_item.tpl

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 				</div>
 				{{/if}}
 				<div class="wall-item-author">
+					{{if $item.previewing}}<span class="preview-indicator"><i class="fa fa-eye" title="{{$item.preview_lbl}}"></i></span>&nbsp;{{/if}}
 					<a href="{{$item.profile_url}}" title="{{$item.linktitle}}" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name{{$item.sparkle}}" id="wall-item-name-{{$item.id}}" >{{$item.name}}</span></a>{{if $item.owner_url}}&nbsp;{{$item.via}}&nbsp;<a href="{{$item.owner_url}}" title="{{$item.olinktitle}}" class="wall-item-name-link"><span class="wall-item-name{{$item.osparkle}}" id="wall-item-ownername-{{$item.id}}">{{$item.owner_name}}</span></a>{{/if}}
 				</div>
 				<div class="wall-item-ago"  id="wall-item-ago-{{$item.id}}">