# How do you use spoiler tags?

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**Created:** [October 2, 2015, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312 "2015-10-02T22:29:08Z")\
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**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, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/21 "2015-10-03T22:47:38Z")

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> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#):
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> 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.

Oh, okay, I was thinking of inner quotes already in the post.

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**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\
**Post date:** [October 3, 2015, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/22 "2015-10-03T22:53:41Z")

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I’ve never clicked a button. I just type [noparse][/noparse] around what I’m hiding.

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**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2015, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/23 "2015-10-04T00:07:21Z")

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> [@aceplace57](#):
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> strike [DEL]pouts[/DEL] outs
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> are done the same way. press quote tag and change the word to DEL

Oh my Og, thank you! I’ve never been able to figure our how to do that!

> [@jimbuff314](#):
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> I’ve never clicked a button. I just type [noparse][/noparse] around what I’m hiding.

Exactly what I do.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-use-spoiler-tags/733312/24 "2015-10-05T14:24:45Z")

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Hand coding works, but you have to remember all the finicky details. 😉

Actually, you also have to remember to close the spoiler, and actually close the spoiler, instead of closing a quote.

[noparse][spoiler] Doesn’t work well.  
[/quote]  
[/noparse]

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