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Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:45 am
by paul1149
I think it would be nice to have a spoiler command for forum posts. This way long code and text output could be initially hidden for easy scrolling and to clean up threads visually. I've seen that it's available for phpbb, but apparently it's an add-on.

Be well.

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:56 am
by j2mcgreg
paul1149 wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 9:45 am I think it would be nice to have a spoiler command for forum posts. This way long code and text output could be initially hidden for easy scrolling and to clean up threads visually. I've seen that it's available for phpbb, but apparently it's an add-on.

Be well.
You can do that now by preceding and terminating the output with code tags or by highlighting the output and then clicking on "</>" in the toolbar.

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:13 am
by paul1149
The code tags hide their content?

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:29 am
by CharlesV
Code tags put it all in to a window that has scrolling.. like this

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Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:51 am
by paul1149
Yes, that has been my experience too. That is a good thing, it preserves the formatting and sets it off from the body of the post. But presenting the data in an initial collapsed state is another matter altogether.

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:59 am
by CharlesV
The nice things about using code tags is that you can see a small amount of the data up front...

Can you point to an example of what your asking about?

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 11:13 am
by Eadwine Rose
Just be mindful that we are not likely to add more extensions, which is what these are, as the more there are the chances of malfunctions of the forum software becomes larger.

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:35 pm
by paul1149
CharlesV wrote: Wed Dec 20, 2023 10:59 am The nice things about using code tags is that you can see a small amount of the data up front...

Can you point to an example of what your asking about?
Just to be clear, when I come across a code tag here, I see the whole thing, no vertical scrollbar. There is a horizontal scrollbar though. So I'm not sure what you mean by seeing a small amount of the data up front.

It's amazing how hard it is to find a simple video of a spoiler tag in action. I made one here. It's a trivial example of 8 lines of code within a spoiler, but it starts having value when there is a lot of text being hidden.

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 12:38 pm
by CharlesV
Ah, so here ... you can hover over the code piece ( the white box ) and you should see scroll bars ( top to bottom as well as side to side ), and if your on a touch screen, you may have to tap into the code section to see them.

The result of your clicking on that button shows the windowed code - same as here. (just no button )

Re: Spoiler command for forum posts?

Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2023 1:00 pm
by richb
an example.

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