# Cool tip: triple click to reveal spoilers
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223
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**Created:** [April 26, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223 "2005-04-26T19:43:49Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/1 "2005-04-26T19:43:49Z")
Tired of mouse-creep, when that window starts scrolling at the speed of light just because you bumped the edge of a control? Tired of missing out on those few words or characters at the end that escaped your highlight? Tired of trying to position your mousepointer in just the right place to start your click and drag? Tired of OPs that sound like Ronco commercials?
You can reveal the entire body of a spoiler box by triple clicking anywhere in it.
That way, you don’t miss any really important stuff
at the end.
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### Author:  [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/2 "2005-04-26T19:51:59Z")
Doesn’t work in Opera 7. _pout_
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### Author:  [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/3 "2005-04-26T20:14:35Z")
A poster named **Flamsterette** showed us that tip here a couple of years or so ago. Good to have a reminder tho’ for the new folks, **Liberal**! 🙂
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### Author:  [@ChipsNDip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChipsNDip)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/4 "2005-04-26T20:33:17Z")
Or you could press [ctrl]+[a] and highlight the whole darn page… (works in IE and Firefox, haven’t tested it elsewhere).
-ChipsNDip
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### Author:  [@umop\_ap\_sdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/umop_ap_sdn)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/5 "2005-04-26T22:20:21Z")
Ctrl+A works in Opera. 🙂
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### Author:  [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)
#### Post date: [April 26, 2005, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/6 "2005-04-26T23:15:08Z")
Ctrl+A works in Firefox. Triple click doesn’t.
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### Author:  [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/7 "2005-04-27T00:38:39Z")
It worked for me in Firefox, but only after I figured out that there was a lot of blank space in the spoiler box and that I wasn’t clicking on the text. Once I triple-clicked over the text, I got it to work.
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### Author:  [@AZCowboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AZCowboy)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/8 "2005-04-27T01:18:26Z")
I see your point. Sort of. **Liberal** did say to position your pointer in just the right place.
(With Firefox) If I place my pointer in the first sentence, double clicking will select the word directly beneath. Triple clicking will select the entire line - but not the entire paragraph. Same with a position on the last line. I couldn’t find a spot that selected all the text (but perhaps I haven’t found that right place!).
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/9 "2005-04-27T07:25:19Z")
> [@AZCowboy](#):
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> I see your point. Sort of. **Liberal** did say to position your pointer in just the right place.
Nah he didn’t actually. He said,
> [@](#):
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> Tired of trying to position your mousepointer in just the right place to start your click and drag?
It works in Opera 7 as long as you have the mouse over some text.
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### Author:  [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/10 "2005-04-27T10:56:18Z")
Right-Click-\>Select All works in all browsers, regardless of mouse position (as long as it’s in the right window, of course…)
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### Author:  [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/11 "2005-04-27T11:01:03Z")
Yeah, it kind of defeats the purpose, at least with the example shown in the OP. You _would_ miss the bottom line of text with triple-clicking.
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### Author:  [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/12 "2005-04-27T11:19:13Z")
Cool. Now explain why the blue lines between posts are all different thicknesses.
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### Author:  [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/13 "2005-04-27T11:25:20Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> Cool. Now explain why the blue lines between posts are all different thicknesses.
They’re not.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/14 "2005-04-27T12:24:48Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#):
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> Cool. Now explain why the blue lines between posts are all different thicknesses.
What browser are you using?
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### Author:  [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/15 "2005-04-27T14:14:32Z")
The triple click works in Explorer regardless of whether you click on text. I’ve discovered since then that it works in this text area as well.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/16 "2005-04-27T14:53:48Z")
Actually, triple click works in _all_ Microsoft Office applications, too.
First click places the cursor;
Second click highlights a word;
Third click highlights the paragraph.
Search your MS Office help for the phrase “Select text and graphics,” for the many other text/image selection shortcuts.
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### Author:  [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/17 "2005-04-27T14:59:03Z")
> [@Priceguy](#):
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> They’re not.
Are so.
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### Author:  [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/18 "2005-04-27T15:28:16Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#):
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> Are so.
Heh. No idea why those lines display at different widths. But if you double-click on the narrow ones, they’ll assume the “proper” width.
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### Author:  [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/19 "2005-04-27T15:34:26Z")
Triple click doesn’t work in Netscape. If you click on the words, you get the line, but not the paragraph. Miss the words, you get nothing.
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### Author:  [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2005, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cool-tip-triple-click-to-reveal-spoilers/301223/20 "2005-04-27T16:10:54Z")
> [@Uncommon Sense](#):
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> Are so.
Are not not not times ten.
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