# iPhone - how to see spoiler boxes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-how-to-see-spoiler-boxes/471455>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 6, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-how-to-see-spoiler-boxes/471455 "2008-11-06T15:19:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![jujuju](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7993a0/32.png) [@jujuju](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jujuju)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-how-to-see-spoiler-boxes/471455/1 "2008-11-06T15:19:17Z")

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I was just wondering if anyone knows how to view the contents of a spoiler box on an iPhone?

Thanks…

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**Author:** ![USCDiver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uscdiver/32/354_2.png) [@USCDiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/USCDiver)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-how-to-see-spoiler-boxes/471455/2 "2008-11-06T15:21:30Z")

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If you click (touch?) the ‘Quote’ box, it will bring up a text window with that particular post and you can read it there. Otherwise, you can’t do it because iphone doesn’t current allow for highlighting text.

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**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-how-to-see-spoiler-boxes/471455/3 "2008-11-06T15:22:48Z")

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The iPhone has no cut and paste, and no arrow keys on its keyboard. You can manoeuvre the cursor with your fingertip, but it’s not as precise. Unfortunately, this means no highlighting.

I _really_ wish they’d add this in the version 2.2 update. Along with support for Flash.

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**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\
**Post date:** [November 6, 2008, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iphone-how-to-see-spoiler-boxes/471455/4 "2008-11-06T15:48:30Z")

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> [@Sunspace](#):
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> I _really_ wish they’d add this in the version 2.2 update. Along with support for Flash.

I doubt it. Apple knows better than you, and if _they_ say you don’t need to highlight, cut and paste, and have flash support…well who are you to argue with them? 😛

ETA: There might be a web browser and/or modification you can install on a Jailbroken iPhone, but obviously most owners don’t want to do that to their iPhone.