# Spoiler boxes not working

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-not-working/439738>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 1, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-not-working/439738 "2008-03-01T15:45:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2008, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes-not-working/439738/1 "2008-03-01T15:45:41Z")

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Spoiler boxes on my home computer don’t work right. They are there, but the text is plainly visible, rather than a black box. Is there some setting I could look for, or maybe fonts I need? I don’t have this problem at my work computer.

Both computers run Windows XP, and I’m using Firefox on both (2.0.0.12 at home, not sure at work, but it’s a very recent version.) It’s been like this at home for as long as I remember, so I don’t think it’s a Firefox version issue.

(Maybe this belongs in ATMB instead, but I think it’s my computer, not the board. Although I guess it could be a board setting.)