# Spoiler Boxes **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 6, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713 "2010-11-06T16:57:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/1 "2010-11-06T16:57:43Z")
Forgive me if this is elementary stuff, but how do you create spolier boxes? ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/2 "2010-11-06T16:59:31Z")
(spoiler) that’s how!(/spoiler) But substitute for () that’s how! One trick for all coding- click quote for a message that has the coding you want to also do (such as spoiler boxes) and the coding will be revealed in the reply-box where the text is quote ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/3 "2010-11-06T17:08:59Z")
You can also find [the answers here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode). ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/4 "2010-11-06T17:24:53Z")
Thanks for the link **PlainJain** , very helpful. May I please use this thread to ask how one makes quotes within quotes? ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/5 "2010-11-06T17:34:05Z")
> [@the lone cashew](#): > > Thanks for the link **PlainJain** , very helpful. > > May I please use this thread to ask how one makes quotes within quotes? You just put quote tags inside of quote tags. Like this: (quote=Ernie)(quote=Bert)Give me back my nose.(/quote) No!(/quote) Will get you this when the parentheses are changed to brackets: > [@Ernie](#): > > > [@Bert](#): > > > > Give me back my nose. > > No! ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/6 "2010-11-06T17:35:55Z")
Incidentally, if you click the “quote” button on somebody else’s text, it will display all their coding in the reply window, so if you want to see how they coded something, just “quote” it and it will show you. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/7 "2010-11-06T17:40:49Z")
[Noparse]In order to give examples, you can also put a [Noparse] tag in your post, but that disables _all_ codes. Spoilers are like this: Content you want to be spoilered. Nested quotes are like this: [Quote=Author1] [Quote=Author2] Author 2’s content. [/Quote] Author 1’s comment about Author 2’s content. [/Quote] [/noparse] ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/8 "2010-11-06T17:43:10Z")
Whoa. I never knew you could do that. Kewl. ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/9 "2010-11-06T17:44:07Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > [Noparse]In order to give examples, you can also put a [Noparse] tag in your post, but that disables _all_ codes. > [/noparse] Nitpick: only if you leave it unclosed, otherwise it only disables the code within the [noparse][noparse][/noparse][/noparse] block. For example, here are some [noparse] **bold tags** [/noparse] and here is some **bold text**. ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/10 "2010-11-06T18:23:42Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > Nitpick: only if you leave it unclosed, otherwise it only disables the code within the [noparse][noparse][/noparse][/noparse] block. For example, here are some [noparse] **bold tags** [/noparse] and here is some **bold text**. True; I was mostly thinking that it does some odd things to the code as well, such as disabling capital letters in the code tags themselves as well as breaking quotes. (You can’t put one inside a quote tag, IIRC.) ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/11 "2010-11-06T19:11:56Z")
> [@Gukumatz](#): > > True; I was mostly thinking that it does some odd things to the code as well, such as disabling capital letters in the code tags themselves as well as breaking quotes. (You can’t put one inside a quote tag, IIRC.) I think you can – look at my text you just quoted. 🙂 ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/12 "2010-11-06T19:45:16Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Incidentally, if you click the “quote” button on somebody else’s text, it will display all their coding in the reply window, so if you want to see how they coded something, just “quote” it and it will show you. That’s what she said… back in post 2. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 6, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/13 "2010-11-06T20:11:18Z")
Hint: When looking at codes like that, read the final code (which will have a “/” in it) as “end code”. {/quote} is “end quote”, {/b} is “end bold”, {/spoiler} is “end spoiler”. That helps me keep things straight. Also, there’s a Quote code quickbutton on the toolbar. Highlight some text and click on it, and it automatically puts the codes on for you. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2010, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/14 "2010-11-06T22:34:02Z")
Wow, a lot of information here. Thank you, everyone! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2010, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-boxes/559713/15 "2010-11-08T05:52:17Z")
> [@Giraffe](#): > > I think you can – look at my text you just quoted. 🙂 Hmm. I’ve got to test that. > [@](#): > > [Noparse] **Test** [/noparse] ETA: Sweet diggity. It worked. That’s going to save some hassle in dealing with spam. Thanks! ETA 2: Testing with links. > [@](#): > > [noparse]test[/noparse] ETA 3: Sweeter diggity! It works! 🙂