# spoilers -- how to read?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188>\
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**Created:** [June 6, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188 "2005-06-06T19:23:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188/1 "2005-06-06T19:23:29Z")

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I do not know how to read spoilers. How do you “unlock the black box” and get to the text within?

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**Author:** ![Bytegeist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9dc877/32.png) [@Bytegeist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bytegeist)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188/2 "2005-06-06T19:27:21Z")

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The easiest way is to just select the text: either click and drag your mouse over it, or invoke the “Select All” (or similarly named) menu command in your browser.

If these options aren’t available to you, let us know.

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**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188/3 "2005-06-06T19:31:45Z")

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Yet another method is to triple-click on the box.

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**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188/4 "2005-06-06T19:31:55Z")

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One common way of invoking “Select All” is to use the Ctrl-A combination. Of course, this may not work with all browsers,

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**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188/5 "2005-06-06T20:31:23Z")

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Thanks for the info! The triple-click method works for me. Now I can read spoilers! Hooray!

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**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spoilers-how-to-read/307188/6 "2005-06-07T04:01:07Z")

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Moved to ATMB.

- **xash**  
General Questions Moderator