22 votes

Feature: “Spoiler” text

Posted June 17, 2023 by Spanish_Inquisition

I was typing a comment in a gaming thread and I wanted to say something that may have been a spoiler. As I was looking through the formatting doc, I noticed it had a ton of different things you could do, but I couldn’t find a way to hide something behind a spoiler—I was wondering if there was a way to add a “spoiler” text feature.

Essentially ~~this~~ , but block out the word or phrase (I just wanted a reason to use one of the formatting options, honestly).

Thanks!

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vord
June 17, 2023
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You're looking for this? It's called "Expandable Sections" in the formatting doc. Have fun!

You're looking for this?

It's called "Expandable Sections" in the formatting doc.

Have fun!

19 votes
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  1. chromebby
    June 17, 2023
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    Oh woah good catch.
    
    Oh woah good catch.
    
    6 votes
  2. unknown user
    June 18, 2023
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    I've just discovered that you can still hide the text when collapsing by...
    
    I've just discovered that you can still hide the text when collapsing by...
    
    putting them in quote block.
    
    6 votes
2. Spanish_Inquisition (OP)
  June 17, 2023
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  That would be it. You’re too awesome! Thank you!
  
  That would be it. You’re too awesome!
  
  Thank you!
  
  3 votes
cfabbro
June 17, 2023
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As others have said, right now <details> is the only way to hide spoilers, but it is flawed. However, there is already a Feature Request on Gitlab for a proper spoiler tag too:...

As others have said, right now <details> is the only way to hide spoilers, but it is flawed. However, there is already a Feature Request on Gitlab for a proper spoiler tag too:
https://gitlab.com/tildes/tildes/-/issues/57

5 votes