# How do you use spoiler tags? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 2, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312 "2015-10-02T22:29:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/1 "2015-10-02T22:29:08Z")
Please? Feel so noobistic. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/2 "2015-10-02T22:32:52Z")
click the quote tag change the word quote to SPOILER it has to be in caps enter your text inside the tags it works ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/3 "2015-10-02T22:35:41Z")
Thank you aceplace57…much appreciated. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/4 "2015-10-02T22:37:14Z")
Glad I could help. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/5 "2015-10-02T22:45:49Z")
Aceplace57, I think that’s kind of a clever way you have of doing it. Bringing the tags up with the click of a button, then just changing the text of the tag. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/6 "2015-10-02T22:47:25Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Aceplace57, I think that’s kind of a clever way you have of doing it. Bringing the tags up with the click of a button, then just changing the text of the tag. Is ther an easier way? Id feel kinda stupid if there was. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/7 "2015-10-02T22:51:38Z")
Aceplace57’s way is easier than how I usually do it, which is by searching this page, every time, to make sure I have the code right. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode) It takes me even longer to make a link appear as a word in a sentence. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/8 "2015-10-02T23:00:51Z")
Note that “spoiler” doesn’t have to be in caps ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2015, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/9 "2015-10-02T23:32:11Z")
strike [DEL]pouts[/DEL] outs are done the same way. press quote tag and change the word to DEL ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/10 "2015-10-03T03:11:19Z")
If you’re ever curious about how some bit of coding is done, quote a post that did that formatting and the coding will be visible in the text box. Try it here: [del]or here[/del] ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/11 "2015-10-03T04:06:59Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > If you’re ever curious about how some bit of coding is done, quote a post that did that formatting and the coding will be visible in the text box. The exception being [noparse] > [@](#): > > . . . [/noparse] tags. To see how those are done, you have to actually click on the Quote button to start a new quote, and look at the code (as noted above by [noparse]**[/noparse]aceplace57[noparse]**[/noparse]). ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/12 "2015-10-03T04:12:00Z")
My strategy, useful for this and many many other computerized activities: Just look up the coding each time I need it. Without even trying, I will quickly memorize the ones that I use most often. The ones I use least often, I might need to look up every time, but since I don’t use those often, I’m not wasting too much time doing that. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/13 "2015-10-03T05:22:03Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > If you’re ever curious about how some bit of coding is done, quote a post that did that formatting and the coding will be visible in the text box. > > Try it here: > > [del]or here[/del] Thank you. :flowers: ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/14 "2015-10-03T14:53:49Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > it has to be in caps no it doesn’t ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/15 "2015-10-03T15:18:41Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > no it doesn’t interesting testing this could be fun ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/16 "2015-10-03T15:55:01Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The exception being [noparse][/noparse] tags. To see how those are done, you have to actually click on the Quote button to start a new quote, and look at the code (as noted above by [noparse]**[/noparse]aceplace57[noparse]**[/noparse]). Hitting the quote button was what I was suggesting, so it works for the quote tags as well, since they appear once you’ve quoted a post. ---
**Author:** ![FXMastermind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fxmastermind/32/7289_2.png) [@FXMastermind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FXMastermind)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/17 "2015-10-03T20:33:59Z")
Can a Mod please correct the title of this thread ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/18 "2015-10-03T20:37:58Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > Can a Mod please correct the title of this thread Yup. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/19 "2015-10-03T21:32:08Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > The exception being [noparse][/noparse] tags. To see how those are done, you have to actually click on the Quote button to start a new quote, and look at the code (as noted above by [noparse]**[/noparse]aceplace57[noparse]**[/noparse]). For those who didn’t click the Quote button, **Senegoid** is referring to Noparse tags. Noparse tags are easy. You just put in [noparse][noparse]…[/noparse][/noparse] just like everything else. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/20 "2015-10-03T22:38:49Z")
> [@FXMastermind](#): > > interesting > > testing > > this could be fun Speaking only for myself, nested spoilers tend to be annoying and I won’t bother clicking on them. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312.md?page=2)