How about a [spoiler] tag?

JohnT · May 7, 2002, 00:11

Check out the following thread at the SDMB. See how they do spoilers using the tags?

Can we get those here?

Thanks!

Grrr · May 7, 2002, 00:42

WTF are those Black Boxes "Spoilers" for John?

asleepathewheel · May 7, 2002, 00:57

That's pretty cool.

click the mouse and drag over the black box, if you want to see whats behind it.

something tells me that this would be abused.

JohnT · May 7, 2002, 00:57

Click and drag your mouse over them. See?

JohnT · May 7, 2002, 00:58

Quote:

Originally posted by asleepathewheel
That's pretty cool.

click the mouse and drag over the black box, if you want to see whats behind it.

something tells me that this would be abused.

Why? The usual beatings should suffice.

Grrr · May 7, 2002, 01:05

XRAY

<table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black><tr><td>Spoiler:</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=black><font face="verdana" size="2" color="black">This is actually an interesting feature</font></td></tr></table>

asleepathewheel · May 7, 2002, 01:07

how do you actually do this?

JohnT · May 7, 2002, 01:08

How'd you do that, Grrr? I tried it earlier on Apolyton, but it didn't work. Let's try again...

Spoiler:

JohnT · May 7, 2002, 01:09

I don't think that's necessarily abusing... after all, the spoiler tag is the subject of this thread. Thanks, Grrr!

asleepathewheel · May 7, 2002, 01:10

Spoiler:

asleepathewheel · May 7, 2002, 01:11

Quote:

Originally posted by JohnT
I don't think that's necessarily abusing... after all, the spoiler tag is the subject of this thread. Thanks, Grrr!

I meant the use of the spoiler would be abused.

how does it work, anyway?

Grrr · May 7, 2002, 01:16

Quote:

Originally posted by Grrr
XRAY

<table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black><tr><td>Spoiler:</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=black><font face="verdana" size="2" color="black">This is actually an interesting feature</font></td></tr></table>

How'd I do that, I copied the source code from JohhT's site:

< table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black>< tr>< td>Spoiler:< /td>< /tr>
< tr>< td bgcolor=black>< font face="verdana" size="2" color="black">Message Here< /font>< /td>< /tr>< /table>

Take out space after each < and whop de doo:

<table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black><tr><td>Spoiler:</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=black><font face="verdana" size="2" color="black">This source code was copied by Grrr!!, © 2002 Grrr!!</font></td></tr></table>

JohnT · May 7, 2002, 01:19

<table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black><tr><td>Spoiler:</td></tr><tr><td bgcolor=black><font face="verdana" size="2" color="black">Uh.... well, yeah... I knew how to do that... really.... I just forgot....</font></td></tr></table>

Grrr · May 7, 2002, 01:24

<table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black><tr><td>Spoiler:</td></tr>
<tr><td bgcolor=black><font face="verdana" size="2" color="black">Yeah Right John.</font></td></tr></table>

Solver · May 7, 2002, 01:40

Yeah, Markos should implement this, seems nice. Just that it will be a terrible pain for the Mods

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Grrr · May 7, 2002, 03:04

You think the mods would stand for this, Solver?

Scouse Gits · May 7, 2002, 04:17

Yeah - [spoiler] is cool
I think now the idea has surfaced it might well get used (in html) even if it is not implemented in vB

SG[1]

Eli · May 7, 2002, 04:24

Quote:

Originally posted by Solver
Yeah, Markos should implement this, seems nice. Just that it will be a terrible pain for the Mods

.

Why? This should be easy.

Grrr · May 7, 2002, 04:58

No, having to double click each one to check against trolling Eli.

Immortal Wombat · May 7, 2002, 06:09

I say leave it as HTML, then we can far more imaginative than having a standardised one.

Gramphos · May 7, 2002, 06:57

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">function spoiler(msg) { alert(msg);}</SCRIPT>This is a so mush better way of doing it:
<A HREF="javascript:spoiler('Hehe...');">Spoiler</A>
I suggest that the following format should be used:
[spoiler=hidden text]Link Text[/spoiler]

Edit: It worked with the preview... I guess embedding scripts isn't the best way of using vB...

Jethro83 · May 7, 2002, 07:02

Love it!

<table width=80% align=center border="1" cellpadding="2" bordercolor=black><tr><td>Spoiler:</td></tr>
< tr><td bgcolor=black><font face="verdana" size="2" color="black">Should be added right away!</font></td></tr></table>

And if anyone abuses this, then maybe the normal punishment for the offensive material said in it could be doubled.

Gramphos · May 7, 2002, 07:03

<A HREF="javascript:spoiler('I\'ve no clue...');">Why does it add a space in the link?</A>

Is vB protected from JavaScripts?

Gramphos · May 7, 2002, 07:06

Quote:

Originally posted by Gramphos
<A HREF="javascript:spoiler('I\'ve no clue...');">Why does it add a space in the link?</A>

Is vB protected from JavaScripts?

That one worked... I wonder what I did wrong with the first one.
<A HREF="javascript:spoiler('I\'m really confused now...');">Why didn't the first one work, but the second one?</A>

Gramphos · May 7, 2002, 07:09

<A HREF="javascript:spoiler('I think it might be so that if the link is first in the post it will work, but not othwerwise.')">I have a theory now...</A>

Why doesn't it support JavaScript links?
I want a [spoiler]-vbTag.

Nope... still added a space between java and script. WHY?????

Scouse Gits · May 7, 2002, 07:12

Interestingly Gramphos the first one works for me, but neither the same one in quotes nor the one below it work ...

SG[1]

Gramphos · May 7, 2002, 07:19

Quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Interestingly Gramphos the first one works for me, but neither the same one in quotes nor the one below it work ...

SG[1]

You mean the second one, right? (not the one in which I define the function.)

It seems as if vB adds a space in the midle of javascript in most occations. I wonder why it missed the working one.

<A HREF="javascript:spoiler('Let me see if this one works...');">Spoiler</A>