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According to Forced Preview on non-editable root nodes, you can set this option in user settings. It doesn't seem to apply to all sections, but I don't have the option to post replies to SoPW questions directly.

I have to preview them first, because I'm lazy and haven't disabled this behavior yet.

Is this what you were seeking?

Update: I had time to do some checking (between cooking and writing documentation), and I only have the Preview button when I don't use the Comment on link. I can go to a new SoPW question and fill in the little Reply form at the bottom of the page, and have the Preview button, if my settings force me to preview.

Adding a check to the Comment on superdoc for that particular user variable shouldn't take more than seven or eight lines of code.

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(tye)RE: Preview of
by tye (Sage) on Oct 20, 2000 at 21:07 UTC

    It sounds to me like PrincePawn would like a Preview button when replying to nodes while you are talking about whether or not you get the New button when posting a root node to most sections.

    I'd also like a preview button as can be seen in the first part of my signature which is normally deleted shortly after I post a node:

    Note: This node is still being previewed and so is subject to change and probably contains tons of mistakes. I apologize for my need to preview nodes even when there is no "Preview" button. Please check back in a minute or two (I don't do this type of preview until the end of the node composition process). Thank you.

    I suspect this is not a trivial amount of work based on how the current Preview buttons behave (taking you to a special node owned by vroom).

    Update: It looks like you can now preview many/most replies. Thanks to chromatic for the update above. Thanks to vroom for the quick work (again)!

            - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")
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