Questions tagged [spoilers]
For questions about spoiler blocks (text hidden until mouseover) in posts.
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How to escape spoiler in blockquote that starts with exclamation point
How can I "escape" the spoiler syntax when putting some text in a blockquote that starts with an exclamation point?
https://webapps.stackexchange.com/a/170880/267540
Here is the text that ...
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Add a warning about the inaccessibility of spoilers to the editing help
As I pointed out in October 2017, Spoilers are inaccessible to keyboard-only users. That question has two answers suggesting more accessible alternatives, including one that relies on native HTML ...
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Long, formatted spoilers: word wrap? [duplicate]
So we have ye olde spoiler:
Ah. But you want a fancy spoiler. We can do that too, by using pre html tags.
But suppose you want a spoiler that is both fancy and somewhat lengthy. Is there a way to ...
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Code block within spoiler gives different result than shown
Background: I'm using the opt-in beta for the new editor.
When using the following markdown in the answer editor:
>! ```python
>! if True:
>! print "Hello World"
>! ```
It ...
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Spoilers are not hidden in inbox notifications
Text inside spoiler blocks is not properly hidden in Inbox notifications.
User A posts a question.
User B posts an answer with a spoiler near the beginning of the post.
User A opens their inbox ...
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Show suggested edits in Markdown diff mode when something inside a spoiler is changed
I just encountered this suggested edit which states
added some periods; rewording
It opens in the side-by-side view, which only shows the change in the non-spoiler part of the edit:
It would be ...
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Are nested spoiler tags possible in a post?
As we all know, there is the option to have a quote format within a quote format, like so:
Some text
Some other text
Is there a way to have a spoiler tag within a spoiler tag?
Currently, using the ...
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Can we add a spoiler marker into topic précis?
We've seen
only partial sentences
which can be confusing.
Could we change that so the presence of a spoiler is seen in the précis?
That would make the above into, for instance…
We've seen [sp] ...
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Can we get extended spoiler functionality?
Overview
The Puzzling SE community (henceforth referred to as PSE) utilizes spoiler functionality very heavily. However, it's lacking in obvious areas such as comments, chat, and titles. [1] In a post,...
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Clicking to reveal a spoiler while editing causes page to scroll
Suppose you are writing a lengthy answer with some spoiler blocks in it. You want to check how some of it looks, so you scroll down to one of the spoiler blocks and click it.
What should happen: The ...
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New editor sees quoted images as spoilers, deletes markdown
In an answer, I have some images with the syntax
>![][1]
[1]: example.com
The new editor (when not in markdown mode) wants to interpret this as an empty link in a spoiler:
Switching back to ...
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Add support for in-line spoilers
I would like to request an option for in-line spoilers on Stack Exchange.
For example, instead of needing to spoiler tag an entire sentence:
Or breaking up a sentence with a dedicated spoiler line:
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Markdown to HTML online converters not converting spoiler tags properly [closed]
Context: When I write questions or answers on puzzling.stackexchange.com, I want to copy paste these questions and answers to my own site also. I believe that puzzling.stackexchange uses Markdown and ...
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Markdown Tables in spoilers [duplicate]
Markdown tables do not work in spoilers (they do in blockquotes) with the standard syntax. In my mind this should be supported, so I think it's a [bug] rather than a [feature request] :). I tried to ...
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Unable to view spoiler text in post timeline
A sample post; it has a spoiler near the end. But when you look in the timeline, and see the latest edit, you can't see the spoiler text, "reveal spoiler", or reveal the hidden text beyond ...
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Markdown headers don't work inside spoiler tags [duplicate]
I discovered, while trying to edit a post using a spoiler block, that spoilers appear to interfere with Markdown heading syntax (hash(es) followed by text: # header), causing them to simply not render ...
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"Reveal spoiler" label blocks mouse interaction after revealing the spoiler
In the third spoiler on this answer, the hyperlink is only partially clickable when hovering over it. The part which is not clickable matches with the dimensions of the "Reveal spoiler" ...
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"Reveal spoiler" text is hidden when hover over on a spoiler in revision history
With the new formatting, in the revision history when hovering over on a spoiler, the "Reveal spoiler" text is hidden, but whereas in the normal post when hovering over on a spoiler, the &...
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Horizontal Rules in spoilers expose text without revealing
This used to happen on mobile only. Now it also happens on desktop with the new spoiler tags. If the content of the spoiler contains <hr>, everything without markdown is visible without ...
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Line after blockquote in spoiler not a spoiler?
When putting a blockquote in a spoiler, the line(s) after the blockquote are not hidden; this does not seem to be the behaviour I would expect? Hovering over the spoiler reveals the hidden text as ...
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Please document that Spoilers don't work (or fix 'em)?
Isn't it pretty simple to edit the text at
https://meta.stackexchange.com/editing-help/#spoilers to document in the right place the problems pointed out again and again, e.g. Consecutive spoiler ...
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Clicking on a spoiler incorrectly removes the gray background
As of the recent CSS update to quote markup and spoilers, quotes no longer have a colored background, while spoilers do:
This is a quote.
and
When the spoiler is merely hovered over, the gray ...
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Community Digest newsletters don't respect spoiler tags [duplicate]
For example, question How did Rey find this structure intact? has a spoiler block near the start:
But in the community digest that question appeared without the spoiler blocked out:
It pretty much ...
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Spoilers in user profiles don't show permanently once they are clicked, unlike for posts
When mousing over spoiler markup, the text underneath it shows temporarily, disappearing when you move your mouse cursor away from it.
Additionally, you can click it to make it keep showing even ...
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Visible links inside spoilers in revision history [duplicate]
The spoiler markdown usually does a good job of hiding the content inside them. E.g., consider this year's ❄️ Winter Bash 2019 Hat list ❄️:
However, oddly enough, if you take a look at the post's ...
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Show "Tap to show spoiler" message for spoilers in responsive design
Related question: Should mobile ask for taps on spoilers, not clicks?, but that is about the (deprecated) mobile web interface, not the new responsive design. This feature request is related but ...
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Should mobile ask for taps on spoilers, not clicks?
The spoiler
currently reads on mobile devices "Click to show spoiler"
On desktop devices, the spoiler appears as an empty blockquote, like this:
Should the spoiler warning say "Tap to reveal" ...
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Quotes should look different from spoilers [duplicate]
Spoilers are usually not quotes. But currently spoilers (after clicking) look exactly like blockquotes. So the reader has to memorize which paragraphs he clicked (spoilers), and which were already ...
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Text nodes directly inside spoilers are broken in mobile view
This answer on puzzling.SE looks rather weird in the mobile view:
Click to enlarge.
Notice how some of the text that's supposed to be hidden inside the spoiler is actually shown above the "click to ...
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Text in spoilers shows before being hidden
When there’s text in a spoiler, it loads and is completely visible (sometimes for quite a while on slow connections) before being hidden. It is kind of counterintuitive; could this be changed so that ...
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Using spoiler to have better answers [closed]
I recently asked this question. That was a homework problem; the response people gave was very nice, but in one answer they basically solved it for me. That was the most useful answer. I think there ...
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Please hide (meant: do not reveal) spoilers in emails! [duplicate]
Clarification:
This has been misunderstood as asking for spoilers to be included in emails as hidden text; since people have voted on that basis, I formulated a replacement but found Spoiler text ...
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Links shown in spoilers when looking at revisions [duplicate]
Even when nothing's being modified, links are shown through spoilers when looking at the non-markdown output of a revision. This happens both when reviewing edits and when looking at the revision ...
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<pre> breaks spoiler on mobile site
Originally seen on this post.
The following spoiler
on mobile (Chrome 70.0.3538.80, Android 7.1.1) looks like this:
(expected behavior: "text" is shown after click the spoiler, not before)
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Links in spoilers appear faster than the rest of the spoiler contents
I don't think it is that much important. In a spoiler, the link fades in more quickly than text. This is an example:
I am using the official build of Chrome Version 69.0.3497.100 64-bit.
Click here ...
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Spoiler command not working [duplicate]
In this answer (which I suggested an edit for), the owner of the answer did not use spoiler tags. I suggested an edit with the spoiler tags added, but they are not functioning as expected. Instead of ...
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Spoiler in list hides list number
While reading an answer over on Puzzling.SE, I noticed that having a spoiler in a list hides the item number/bullet. I can demonstrate it here. (It seems to be an issue only in Chrome.)
Ordered lists....
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Links within spoilers are not hidden on the Revisions page
Similar to Visited links within spoilers are not hidden anymore, links in spoilers aren't properly hidden on Revisions pages like this one.
Tested on the latest versions of Safari, Firefox and Chrome ...
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Make both sides of the edit show a spoiler at once
When looking at edits in the "side-by-side" view, spoilers are hidden as they are usually and get shown on mouseover. However, I only have one mouse, so I can't see the old and the new at once.
It ...
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Spoilers are inaccessible to keyboard-only users
Several SE sites, including Science Fiction & Fantasy SE, support the tag >! for spoilers. This markup hides the text following the spoiler tag unless the user hovers the mouse pointer over the ...
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How to use spoilers to hide a specific word inside a sentence?
How can I make a spoiler that hides only one word or sentence inside a longer text?
For example "You have been warned".
I want to hide the word "warned" with a spoiler tag.
How can I do that?
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Any way to hide questions in Hot Network Questions, based on tag
(Specific issue topic: Game Of Thrones questions. Askers and Question Editors here do try v. hard to make the question titles non-spoiler-y but it's not perfect and I'd prefer not to se the titles.)
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List of questions sorted based on their spoiler markdown percentage
On some entertainment sites (e.g. Anime.SE where I'm actively participating on), sometimes spoiler markdown is used to... hide spoilers.
While its usage is usually considerate, sometimes it's ...
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Allow bulleted lists to be used in spoiler tags [duplicate]
I want to use spoiler tags to hide a bulleted list, but the formatting doesn't seem to be working properly.
Can an option be added for using spoiler tags ! with a bulleted list?
This is apparently a ...
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<kbd> elements are not hidden in a spoilers block
Recently noticed the following:
Is it intentional to have <kbd> text visible inside spoilers markdown?
Image for future reference:
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App crashes after showing spoilers
I am using the iOS app (iPhone 6S, iOS 10.2.1, app version 1.6.4) and I navigated to the formatting sandbox meta question and was scrolling down and when I got to the 9th answer and saw some spoilers, ...
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Is it a bug when a tag is seen through a concealed spoiler? [duplicate]
I was just looking through pages with dead images, and stumbled upon the darth-vader tag page on Science Fiction and Fantasy. Here's what I saw:
Is this just me? Is this a bug, or is it by design?
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Folding Sections in Answers [duplicate]
We already have the spoiler formatting
for information that should be hidden until specifically needed (by hovering), and the code snippet formatting
like this
for code that can be ...
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Spoilers broken? [duplicate]
We can make multi-paragraph blockquotes by skipping a line in between:
> First paragraph
> Second paragraph
First paragraph
Second paragraph
but when you try to do this with spoilers, ...
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Text & Horizontal Rules in Spoilers
When putting a horizontal rule (<hr>) inside a spoiler: On the android app, things as links or code blocks seem to be the only thing hidden in spoilers. On a mobile browser those things ...
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