Fixed Multi-Select Poll - Preserve choices when updating vote

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PatMa

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Affected version
2.2.12
This may be more of a feature request - although i feel the ability to change your vote means that the old one is presented for the change........

Situation:

Have a multi-select poll with a large number of choices, allow changes - for example:

How many states did you visit in 2022?
Make your selection - you visited 15 states and submit.​
10 minutes later you forgot one of the trips, changing your vote means adding all the previous states back in.​
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This would also mean "tracking polls" - where you update as you go along - would not be acceptable to the community.
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I just found this:
Apologies for the duplicate.

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Lack of interest - Edit Poll Vote

In multiple choice polls, the "Change vote" button withdraws the vote, allowing the user to revote. This clears the users selections for the existing vote, presenting him with empty checkboxes. In large polls such as this one, that is extremely inconvenient if the user's intent is to modify his...
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I'll look at the code and see if i can make it an option -
"change vote" vs "edit vote" might be better wording for now ,along with "withdraw vote"
 
Thank you for reporting this issue, it has now been resolved. We are aiming to include any changes that have been made in a future XF release (2.2.13).

Change log:
Retain previous selection when changing poll votes
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