# Spoiler Boxes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [July 11, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755 "2003-07-11T17:03:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/1 "2003-07-11T17:03:03Z")

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I did a search on this but didn’t come up with anything. How do you do this? I thought it was the PHP box but that didn’t work?

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/2 "2003-07-11T17:14:42Z")

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{spoiler} Text goes here {/spoiler}

Except use the brackets instead of {}.

Like this

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**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/3 "2003-07-11T17:54:29Z")

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Thanks!

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**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:** [July 11, 2003, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/4 "2003-07-11T20:35:51Z")

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[FAQ - technical issues - please read this BEFORE posting a question](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1956119#post1956119)

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**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/5 "2003-07-11T21:55:29Z")

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For the **really** technical questions, email Arnold every hour on the hour for two days straight. That’s the best way to get a response from him. And make sure your subject line reads something like, “From SDMB, I’m a troll!”

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**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/6 "2003-07-11T23:04:53Z")

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I’ll make sure to remember that good advice there **dantheman** 😃

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**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\
**Post date:** [July 12, 2003, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/7 "2003-07-12T05:48:22Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Joey G \*  
> \*\*{spoiler} Text goes here {/spoiler}
> 
> Except use the brackets instead of {}.
> 
> Like this \*\*

You mean like this?

spoiler

(rhetorical)

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/8 "2003-07-13T02:09:25Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Lobsang \*  
> \*\*You mean like this?
> 
> spoiler
> 
> (rhetorical) \*\*

I am way too lazy for that.

Information requested, information provided.

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**Author:** ![Achernar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@Achernar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Achernar)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/9 "2003-07-13T02:29:06Z")

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It’s quicker to type than a whole sentence explaining that { } doesn’t really mean { }, but rather .

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**Author:** ![Berkut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a88e57/32.png) [@Berkut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Berkut)\
**Post date:** [July 13, 2003, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/187755/10 "2003-07-13T03:17:09Z")

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Hmmm, lemme check here…

Yep, still too lazy. Not to type, but to look up the coding for the brackets.