# how to get strikethrough text? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [January 21, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452 "2011-01-21T15:44:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/1 "2011-01-21T15:44:22Z")
I’ve seen it used, but don’t know how to do it myself. I looked in the FAQ and didn’t see anything about it. I’m sure it’s something really obvious, but I’m not proud 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/2 "2011-01-21T15:49:17Z")
[del]It’s the [del] tag, no spaces.[/del] ---
**Author:** ![Azeotrope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/0ea827/32.png) [@Azeotrope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Azeotrope)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/3 "2011-01-21T16:00:38Z")
[del]Great, thanks JeffB[/del] ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/4 "2011-01-21T16:02:53Z")
[BB code list.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode) ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/5 "2011-01-21T16:38:41Z")
FYI, **ugly ripe tomato** , you can also click the quote button on any post to reveal whatever code was used in the post. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/6 "2011-01-21T17:56:02Z")
That link given by PlainJain in post 4? You can see it on each page at the message board, near the bottom left of the screen, where it says “BB code is On”. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2011, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/7 "2011-01-21T21:26:17Z")
More tricks, > [@testing colours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing-colours/425528/1): > > [del][COLOR=Red]red text with black strikethrough[/del] > [del]red text with red strikethrough[/del] > [del][COLOR=Black]Black text with red strikethrough[/del][/COLOR] > [del][COLOR=Red]red text with blue strikethrough[/del][/COLOR] > [COLOR=Blue][del][COLOR=Red]red text with blue strikethrough, underlined in green[/del][/COLOR][/COLOR] … [/COLOR]CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/8 "2011-01-21T22:17:13Z")
cmc, don’t even go there! Do you want us to end up with posts like this? It’s madness I tell you! People will be running away screaming from the SDMB. Dear ugly ripe tomato, please stick with basic black. Thank you. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2011, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/9 "2011-01-21T22:59:35Z")
I largely concur, however [del][COLOR=Black]black text with red strikethrough[/del][/COLOR] just looks better and black text with [COLOR=“Black”]red[/COLOR] underlining doesn’t look like someone’s made a color corrected [link](http://www.google.com/). But most of the time it just ain’t worth the extra effort. 😃 CMC fnord! Sometimes, though, it’s required to make the [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7281245&highlight=unicorn#post7281245) worth posting! ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2011, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/10 "2011-01-21T23:38:15Z")
> [@crowmanyclouds](#): > > I largely concur, however > [del][COLOR=Black]black text with red strikethrough[/del][/COLOR] just looks better > and > black text with [COLOR=“Black”]red[/COLOR] underlining doesn’t look like someone’s made a color corrected [link](http://www.google.com/). > > But most of the time it just ain’t worth the extra effort. 😃 > > CMC fnord! All the posts in this thread that are supposedly examples of the strikethrough color being different from the text show as being the same color as the text for me. What am I missing? ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/11 "2011-01-22T00:01:07Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > All the posts in this thread that are supposedly examples of the strikethrough color being different from the text show as being the same color as the text for me. What am I missing? What browser are you using? I’m using Chrome and see the color. ETA: Also seeing it in Palemoon (Firefox variant) but IE seems to be the stinker and not doin it rite ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/12 "2011-01-22T00:11:18Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > cmc, don’t even go there! > Do you want us to end up with posts like this? It’s madness I tell you! People will be running away screaming from the SDMB. Dear ugly ripe tomato, please stick with basic black. Thank you. I thought **I** was the only one who does this!😃 Q ---
**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:** [January 22, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/13 "2011-01-22T00:20:19Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > … but IE seems to be the stinker and not doin it rite Yeah, this was noted in **Mangetout** ’s original thread. ☹ CMC fnord! ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/14 "2011-01-22T00:21:25Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > All the posts in this thread that are supposedly examples of the strikethrough color being different from the text show as being the same color as the text for me. What am I missing? You’re missing the fact that **CMC** [[del]should be[/del] [del][COLOR=Black]beaten with a[/del][/COLOR] [del][COLOR=Black]very large[/del][/Color] [del][COLOR=Black]wooden board.[/del][/color]] is a very nice person. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/15 "2011-01-22T00:59:09Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > What browser are you using? I’m using Chrome and see the color. I am using Chrome also! My phone (Palm) works. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2011, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/16 "2011-01-22T17:16:36Z")
This is a test to see if I’m right about why my previous post didn’t come out quite like I intended. I’m checking to see if the coding was wrong in the way I think it was. > [@](#): > > You’re missing the fact that **CMC** [[del]should be[/del] [del][COLOR=Black]beaten with a[/del][/COLOR] [del][COLOR=Black]very large[/del][/Color] [del][COLOR=Black]wooden board.[/del][/color]] is a very nice person. ETA: Yep, the mistake I thought I made really was a mistake. The correction fixed it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/17 "2011-01-24T20:43:50Z")
> [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > cmc, don’t even go there! > Do you want us to end up with posts like this? It’s madness I tell you! People will be running away screaming from the SDMB. Dear ugly ripe tomato, please stick with basic black. Thank you. This post has been blackberried by the Blackberrist. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/18 "2011-01-25T20:17:54Z")
> [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](#): > > > [@Arnold\_Winkelried](#): > > > > [color=purple]cmc, don’t even go there! > > Do you want us to end up with posts like this? It’s madness I tell you! People will be running away screaming from the SDMB. Dear ugly ripe tomato, please stick with basic black. Thank you. > > This post has been blackberried by the Blackberrist. [/color] The grapist will be highly graped with you, **Blackberrist**. Personally, I’m joining the **Communist** camp, just because of you! Everyone watch for my new line of **Communism-inspired** red-colored posts (and watch for my banning, shortly to follow!)!!!one!!eleven!!! 😃 Coding is [del]obsession inducing[/del] **fun.** Disclaimer: "Please don’t ban me, mods! It’s just a **Joke!** Please, can’t we all think of _the children_? [Color brought to you by the **Communist Party of Cheshire Human** , all rights reserved, **Y** our **M** ileage **M** ay **V** ary, **C** opyright \*\* Karl Marx, 1848\*\*, IANAL, and the **guy** in that other **ATMB** thread who’s using my good name is an **obvious troll**.] ---
**Author:** ![rustenailz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rustenailz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rustenailz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/19 "2015-11-08T05:35:50Z")
[del] for you ---
**Author:** ![rustenailz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f4b2a3/32.png) [@rustenailz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rustenailz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2015, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-strikethrough-text/568452/20 "2015-11-08T05:36:54Z")
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