# Spoiler within a spoiler **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 5, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677 "2004-07-05T18:48:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/1 "2004-07-05T18:48:59Z")
Can a spoiler box be put inside of a spoiler box? [spoiler]Let me try… “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/2 "2004-07-05T19:26:09Z")
spoilerBut spoilercan spoilerwe spoilerget spoilerridiculous spoilerwith spoilerit? spoiler;j [/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler][/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/3 "2004-07-05T19:44:06Z")
[spoiler] But why don’t 😕 these 😕 get blacked out? 😕 [/spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/4 "2004-07-05T19:55:01Z")
My guess is that because they are .gifs and not text. In order for them to be blacked out, there would have to be a “black square” .gif and the software would have to be able to substitute it in place of the smileys. But then when you highlighted the text, you’d just have black squares and you wouldn’t be able to see the smileys. ---
**Author:** ![Aceospades](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Aceospades](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aceospades)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/5 "2004-07-05T21:15:59Z")
i never noticed this before, but when you preview the thread (by placing your pointer over the thread title) you preview the spoiler also. i don’t think that’s a good thing ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/6 "2004-07-05T22:45:55Z")
The spoiler system is far from perfect. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/7 "2004-07-06T04:03:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Zebra[spoiler]Tiger > > > [@](#): > > > > Leopard[spoiler]Marmoset > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > Kidney Pie[spoiler]Mushroom Mushroom Mushroom > > > > > > > [@](#): > > > > > > > > Badger > > > > > > [/spoiler] > > > > [/spoiler] > > [/spoiler]Rocket Or some such. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/8 "2004-07-06T13:07:38Z")
Interesting, **Squink**. Not enough caffeine yet to think about how you did it. So how’d you do it? ---
**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 6, 2004, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/9 "2004-07-06T14:25:28Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Interesting, **Squink**. Not enough caffeine yet to think about how you did it. So how’d you do it? Looks like spoilers withing quotes within spoilers within… you get the picture. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2004, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/10 "2004-07-07T15:50:48Z")
I’ve tried to hide what’s in a spoiler by changing the text color but nothing really seems to work. either the text is prominent or the highlight bar turns a different color they thought of everything. a tricky spoiler is the following (drag over the space below). this line is hidden using my settings. but if your settings are different it’s probably like the invisible guy in “Mystery Men”. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2004, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/11 "2004-07-20T16:12:12Z")
> [@Johnny L.A.](#): > > Can a spoiler box be put inside of a spoiler box? > > [spoiler]Let > > “I must leave this planet, if only for an hour.” – Antoine de St. Exupéry > > [/spoiler] I am not trying to bump this thread… I am just trying to learn how to do spoilers. and i guess i might as well learn how to do two as well. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2004, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/12 "2004-07-21T19:24:23Z")
> [@](#): > > a tricky spoiler is the following (drag over the space below). Incidentally, the mods frown on the use of this sort of masking. The mods need to be able to read everything in a thread, and hidden messages of this sort make that job harder. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/13 "2004-07-29T15:07:08Z")
Talk to me like I am an idiot. Shouldn’t be too big a stretch. How do you do spoiler boxes? Just one would be fine. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/14 "2004-07-29T15:23:37Z")
[spoiler]wait a minute is this it?[spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/15 "2004-07-29T15:25:24Z")
damn it let me reread that sticky ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2004, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/16 "2004-07-29T17:20:09Z")
Almost had it, **Loach**. You got the opening tag right, but the closing tag has a slash in it, [/spoiler]. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 1:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/17 "2004-07-30T13:56:31Z")
thanks! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoiler-within-a-spoiler/253677/18 "2004-07-30T14:30:46Z")
> [@Loach](#): > > thanks! A good way to learn what others are doing to get their results is to click[spoiler] ‘reply’ in a specific message. Do NOT use ‘post reply’ at the end of the thread:) Not only does that automatically enter the text from the message you want to reply to in ‘QUOTE’ format:D but you can also see formatting code as it is entered. Hope I’m not talking to you like an idiot.[/spoiler]