# Is there a way to make spoiler tags its own button on posts like quotes are? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [June 27, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415 "2012-06-27T01:52:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/1 "2012-06-27T01:52:47Z")
I, for the life of me, can never ever remember how the manual tags work. Beginning parentheses end parentheses, there’s a slash somewhere in there… Basically what I’m curious about is that spoiler tags are probably the most important thing that need a manual write in…is there an easier way to make them spoilered that I don’t know about? Or is there a way for us to put in a spoler button like there is for a link or for quotes? Thanks a bundle! Cups ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/2 "2012-06-27T02:25:55Z")
Probably not, sorry. (Now watch some hotshot come in and tell us how.) Where did I put that notepad? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/3 "2012-06-27T03:05:05Z")
\ 1. Go to the AdminCP / Custom BB Codes / BB Code Manager 2. Next to the spoiler tag, click the Edit button. 3. In the Button Image section, add a link to [this image](http://www.giraffeboards.com/images/editor/spoiler.gif). It’s a free image I got from the vBulletin site. (Please copy it to the SDMB server, rather than hotlinking it to mine.) Hit save. Voila! ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/4 "2012-06-27T16:16:29Z")
Thanks for the info! But I gotta be honest…I haven’t the faintest idea what you just said… What’s an admin CP? I see my user CP but not my admin one? Also…everything else ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/5 "2012-06-27T16:33:10Z")
Those were instructions for the staff here if they wanted to add such a button. There’s nothing a regular poster can do to change what buttons appear. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/6 "2012-06-27T18:31:46Z")
Ohhhh ok. Cool! Thanks for the info! It’d be cool if they did it… ---
**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:** [June 27, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/7 "2012-06-27T18:48:20Z")
If you still get confused, you could just use the quote button, then replace the word “QUOTE” with “SPOILER” in each tag. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/8 "2012-06-28T10:34:25Z")
Can I just chime in and say “Yes, _please_ do this!” I mean, there those nearly useless “Code” and “PHP” buttons in the toolbar, but nothing for the spoiler tag, which must get used at least a couple orders of magnitude more often. ---
**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:** [June 28, 2012, 10:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/9 "2012-06-28T10:51:13Z")
Yeah, this would be great. I know how to do spoiler tags, but a button for spoilers would eliminate all that typing and simplify things. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/10 "2012-06-28T15:03:20Z")
What does the PHP tag even do? I tried it. Made everything blue and green. I’m going to guess it something to do with coding in PHP (that’s a thing, right) and since it’s right next to the Code tag button (which, for us at least, does nothing but preserve formatting), that would make sense. On a board that discusses programming, it would be nice to be able to preserve your indents. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/11 "2012-06-28T15:09:52Z")
> [@Joey\_P](#): > > What does the PHP tag even do? I tried it. Made everything blue and green. The blue and green (and red) are syntax highlighting for php code. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/12 "2012-06-28T15:28:31Z")
I hit the PHP button and my desk started melting, I saw the most beautiful colors in the world, and I started eating my own flesh. Wait nevermind that was the PCP button… ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/13 "2012-06-28T15:47:48Z")
You mean people actually click buttons to insert their codestrings instead of just typing them or using a macro program to do it with a hotkey? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/14 "2012-06-28T15:51:21Z")
Yeah, the only tag I use with any regularity that I wouldn’t think to just code by hand is probably the [noparse][del][/del][/noparse] tags because everyone calls it strikethrough but the actual code looks like delete. Otherwise, they basically all make sense to me. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/15 "2012-06-28T15:56:44Z")
> [@](#): > > The blue and green (and red) are syntax highlighting for php code. Holy crap. I went looking for the PHP code thingy and found there is a quote button that wraps quote tags around highlighted text. Also now looking at the word “high” I deem it stupid. The g and h do not belong in that word. ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/16 "2012-06-28T16:00:39Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Yeah, the only tag I use with any regularity that I wouldn’t think to just code by hand is probably the [noparse][del][/del][/noparse] tags because everyone calls it strikethrough but the actual code looks like delete. Otherwise, they basically all make sense to me. Here’s a [button image](http://www.giraffeboards.com/images/editor/strike.gif) for that one as well. And I agree that both of these buttons would be much more useful than the php tag button, which is completely useless on most boards. ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/17 "2012-06-28T16:08:07Z")
Even the image has an S! What lamebrain decided to make the code del instead of s and can I put a snake in his bed? ---
**Author:** ![Giraffe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giraffe/32/129_2.png) [@Giraffe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giraffe)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/18 "2012-06-28T16:21:14Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Even the image has an S! What lamebrain decided to make the code del instead of s and can I put a snake in his bed? It’s the admins that choose the replacement code so…one of them and I guess so, if you have a snake and know where they live. But it’s pretty trivial to add a second custom code so that [noparse]Giraffe is awesome[/noparse] –\> [del]Giraffe is awesome[/del] so maybe you should instead put chocolate in their bed? ---
**Author:** ![Inner\_Stickler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/inner_stickler/32/318_2.png) [@Inner\_Stickler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inner_Stickler)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/19 "2012-06-28T16:30:12Z")
Hmmph. I assumed that based on the board’s history of not modding anything ever that when they turned on the strikethrough tag, they used whatever default vBulletin has. The one time I give them the benefit of the doubt. ---
**Author:** ![srzss05](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@srzss05](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/srzss05)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415/20 "2012-06-28T17:27:42Z")
> [@Inner\_Stickler](#): > > Hmmph. I assumed that based on the board’s history of not modding anything ever that when they turned on the strikethrough tag, they used whatever default vBulletin has. The one time I give them the benefit of the doubt. Since almost every other board uses “s” rather than “del”, that seems a strange assumption. The code in HTML is “s” as well. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-make-spoiler-tags-its-own-button-on-posts-like-quotes-are/626415.md?page=2)