# Can enclosing a spoiler within quote tags hide it from the mouse-over preview?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 17, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589 "2004-04-17T23:38:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589/1 "2004-04-17T23:38:45Z")

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We’ll see.

> [@](#):
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> This is a test.

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**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2004, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589/2 "2004-04-17T23:41:18Z")

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Apparently, it can. Looks like I accidently posted in Cafe Society instead of About This Message Board, but hey, I’m just a guest.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589/3 "2004-04-18T00:05:56Z")

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n00b.

😉

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**Author:** ![dakravel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85e7bf/32.png) [@dakravel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dakravel)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589/4 "2004-04-18T02:33:22Z")

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I can still see it in the mouse preview. I’m using Opera 7.50.

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**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589/5 "2004-04-18T02:43:07Z")

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How about a spoiler in a spoiler in a spoiler…in a spoiler?

COOL!  
   
I guess not but that just looks cool!

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**Author:** ![Tusculan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589/6 "2004-04-18T08:17:07Z")

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> [@ZebraShaSha](#):
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> that just looks cool!

Hey! You should put that in a spoiler tag!

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [April 18, 2004, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-enclosing-a-spoiler-within-quote-tags-hide-it-from-the-mouse-over-preview/240589/7 "2004-04-18T17:23:57Z")

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[spoiler]

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> Be warned, though, to keep the spoiler within the quote, and not versa-vice

[/spoiler]Otherwise it sort of defeats the purpose.