# New Spoiler Tag **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [February 23, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103 "2009-02-23T20:57:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/1 "2009-02-23T20:57:37Z")
There’s a new spoiler tag in town, and it’s much cooler than the old one. (Or, so we say, because we like shiny new things.) We had it up for test purposes for a week or so under the [spoiler2][/spoiler2] tags, but it looks like people [caught on to the secret](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507784). (We’ve since disabled the [spoiler2] tag, so you’ll see a lot of inactive tag use in that thread.) Due to several complaints about eye-strain with the old tag (white text on a black background), and along with the sometimes inadvertent revelation of spoilered text, we thought we’d look into finding a better way of hiding spoilers. Thus, we introduce the Hide/Show spoiler tag: Soylent Green is a sled! Same [spoiler] tag, different outcome. With the new tag you’ll be able to hide the usual text, smileys, links, colored text, and most everything else that inadvertently showed on a black background. A few caveats: [ul] [li]Javascript must be turned on for the spoiler to work properly.[/li][li]As it was with the old tag, spoilered text in the OP still shows up in mouseovers, so please remember to either post the spoiler in the second post, or place it far enough down the post that it doesn’t show in the mouseover. [/li][li]E-mailed thread subscriptions, like mouseovers, do not recognize spoiler tags, so spoilers can still be revealed that way.[/ul][/li]Otherwise, have fun, and if you have any problems, please let us know. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/2 "2009-02-23T21:01:05Z")
I spend way too much time here – I’m pretty sure this: > [@SkipMagic](#): > > Soylent Green is a sled! wouldn’t make most people giggle uncontrollably. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/3 "2009-02-23T21:10:34Z")
> [@SkipMagic](#): > > (We’ve since disabled the [spoiler2] tag, so you’ll see a lot of inactive tag use in that thread.) And also in [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=507803), which now looks mostly pretty stupid :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/4 "2009-02-23T21:18:29Z")
Yep, missed that one. ---
**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:** [February 23, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/5 "2009-02-23T22:24:53Z")
Very cool! Nice! To Serve Man- it’s a sled! ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/6 "2009-02-23T22:30:16Z")
Cool beaners. Is there anyway we could, add a button in the reply window that would make the spoiler tags for us? ---
**Author:** ![tds1273](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/df705f/32.png) [@tds1273](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tds1273)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/7 "2009-02-23T22:33:58Z")
Show buttons are the new black. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/8 "2009-02-23T22:49:29Z")
In “The Mousetrap”, the murderer is a sled! ---
**Author:** ![Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f14d63/32.png) [@Seeker\_of\_Truth\_and\_Beauty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seeker_of_Truth_and_Beauty)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/9 "2009-02-23T22:56:18Z")
Wait – I wanna play, too! ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 10:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/10 "2009-02-23T22:59:37Z")
So this is the place to post Robert Maxwell’s last words? Roseglub! ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/11 "2009-02-23T23:15:29Z")
Let’s see,Can we embedspoilers withinspoilers?On preview, yes we can! ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2009, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/12 "2009-02-23T23:33:05Z")
test test > [@](#): > > test > > test ---
**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/13 "2009-02-24T00:14:03Z")
YES! It works on my iPod Touch! (And presumably iPhones as well). ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/14 "2009-02-24T00:47:23Z")
Darth Vader kills Dumbledore who shot J.R. ---
**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:** [February 24, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/15 "2009-02-24T01:31:09Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > YES! > > It works on my iPod Touch! (And presumably iPhones as well). That’s huge!!! I didn’t even think of that!! It drove me crazy when I as surfing from my iPhone and couldn’t unspoiler a spoiler box!!! ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/16 "2009-02-24T02:49:21Z")
It semi-works on my phone’s janky web browser software. But only so long as there are no embedded spoilers which, hopefully, should be few in number. Semi-works, however, is much better than the old one which didn’t work at all. ---
**Author:** ![Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cab0a1/32.png) [@Man\_With\_a\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Man_With_a_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/17 "2009-02-24T02:53:26Z")
I am the ghost of JFK. John Wayne was on the grassy knoll, dressed as a Green Beret ---
**Author:** ![troubledwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@troubledwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/troubledwater)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/18 "2009-02-24T03:10:36Z")
Does this mean that Rosebud is people? ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/19 "2009-02-24T03:39:47Z")
Just checkin’ Nothing to see here, move along. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103/20 "2009-02-24T06:56:56Z")
I ate the Soylent Green [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-spoiler-tag/487103.md?page=2)