# Spoiler boxes: Annoyinger than all get-out **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 30, 2002, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528 "2002-05-30T13:10:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/21 "2002-05-30T19:27:31Z")
With Internet Explorer for Windows, hover the mouse cursor over anywhere in the black box region and triple-click, you’ll get all the text in the Spoiler box. With Internet Explorer for the Mac, hover the mouse cursor over anywhere in the black box region and quadruple-click, you’ll get all text in the Spoiler box. And I personally think the colored text feature is WAY more annoyinger. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/22 "2002-05-30T19:29:06Z")
For all the annoyances of Windows, I do love that there are so many ways to do things. I like variety. ---
**Author:** ![Morbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morbo/32/389_2.png) [@Morbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morbo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/23 "2002-05-30T19:35:22Z")
Oh yeah - I forgot if you’re using IE for Windows 5.01 or later, mouse over and CTRL+Click once will select everything, but on the latest IE Mac version, you still gotta mouse over and quadruple-click. And on Preview, apparently I also forgot to read **Ogre** ’s post above, in which he already said this. But I’m posting anyway and you can’t stop me! HAHAHAHA!!! ---
**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:** [May 30, 2002, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/24 "2002-05-30T19:42:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kamandi \* > Can we have the boxes in another color than black? No, because of the maximum length that vBulletin allows for a custom vBcode. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2002, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/25 "2002-05-30T19:46:21Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Xerxes \* > Hit Ctrl-G, read the spoiler, hit Ctrl-G again. This tip for Opera users is also mentioned in the [url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119#post1956119](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119#post1956119)”]ATMB FAQ [/quote] , which everyone should read. ---
**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:** [May 30, 2002, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/26 "2002-05-30T19:51:56Z")
One should also read the vBcode page that teaches you how to make a link. :o [ATMB FAQ](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119#post1956119) ---
**Author:** ![fluiddruid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c2a13f/32.png) [@fluiddruid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fluiddruid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/27 "2002-05-30T21:20:07Z")
I, for one, like the spoiler boxes very much and I encourage others to use them when appropriate. “Spoiler space” is very much more irritating to me. ---
**Author:** ![Phoenix\_Dragon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/65b543/32.png) [@Phoenix\_Dragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phoenix_Dragon)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/28 "2002-05-31T00:55:23Z")
Another Opera user, who finds those spoiler boxes incredibly annoying. Mostly for those large posts, where switching to “user mode” (That Ctrl-G solution) takes several seconds to switch, and the spoilers end up a page or so away from where they were. Of course, I’ve lately come to despise all those non-standard-HTML pages that are written specifically for a certain browser. They don’t do anything special that can’t be replicated in standard HTML, tends to take a lot longer to load up (And for someone on high-speed access, a page taking a long time to load up is really saying something; I feel sorry for anyone accessing those pages with a dial-up), and then doesn’t work right anyway. The spoiler boxes are just a minor annoyance, at least, there’s a work-around, not as bad as those places that love making other browsers break down… ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/29 "2002-05-31T01:49:17Z")
S P O I L E R S P A C E T H E F I N A L F R O N T I E R [spoiler]AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Tension breaker. Had to be done.[/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/30 "2002-05-31T05:36:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by fluiddruid \* > \*\*I, for one, like the spoiler boxes very much and I encourage others to use them when appropriate. “Spoiler space” is very much more irritating to me. \*\* “Very much more irritating?” I don’t know if that sounds like proper grammar to me! 😛 The spoiler boxes don’t bug me that much… I can highlight them, or skip over them as I choose. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/31 "2002-05-31T22:37:30Z")
Click one time on the “S” in Spoiler Hold Shift Click the bottom Right corner of the spoiler box. ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 10:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/32 "2002-06-01T10:41:16Z")
Just wanted to say “annoyinger” is a _brilliant_ word. Long may it survive. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ryan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7feea3/32.png) [@The\_Ryan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ryan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528/33 "2002-06-01T21:27:19Z")
There’s another solution: press “reply with quote”; the message in the spoiler will show up. And remember: vB features don’t annoy people. **People** annoy people. Dooku > [@](#): > > And I personally think the colored text feature is WAY more annoyinger. What if we combine them? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-annoyinger-than-all-get-out/111528.md?page=1)