# How do you do a strikethrough?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-strikethrough/838936>\
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**Created:** [August 20, 2019, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-strikethrough/838936 "2019-08-20T15:03:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-strikethrough/838936/21 "2019-09-10T13:12:44Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> Okay, now how about flashing text

The problem is finding overcoats small enough.

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**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-strikethrough/838936/22 "2019-09-10T18:04:56Z")

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> [@septimus](#):
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> {…} white {…} LemonChiffon.

While both of those obviously work, f8f8f8 is the boards real ‘invisible ink’.

CMC fnord!

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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-strikethrough/838936/23 "2019-09-10T18:43:04Z")

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NM

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-strikethrough/838936/24 "2019-09-10T20:29:55Z")

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**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2019, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-do-a-strikethrough/838936/25 "2019-09-11T20:42:41Z")

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> [@BigT](#):
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> Yeah, I never quite worked out how to add it there. I’d have to create the buttons only when the edit box appears, and I couldn’t find a trigger that properly detects the existence of the edit box. .

No worries. It’s gettable to, one way or the other. I have it and the “old smilies” script running on any machine I use.

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