# Strikethrough. **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 23, 2009, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899 "2009-10-23T20:12:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/21 "2012-01-28T14:23:25Z")
The “[BB code is o](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode)n” on the bottom left hand of the page also revels coding how to. ---
**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:** [January 28, 2012, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/22 "2012-01-28T17:02:24Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Is there a reason this can’t be added along with the bold, italics and underline buttons? Yes, it’s pretty trivial to add a strikethrough button: an admin just has to upload a button image and enter the local file path in the box for that custom BB code under the AdminCP / Custom BB Codes / BB Code Manager. I got [this one](http://www.giraffeboards.com/images/editor/strike.gif) from the vBulletin forum, which they could use if they wanted. But sadly it will appear at the far right of the toolbar. As far as I can tell, it’s impossible to have the strikethrough button next to the bold, italic and underline buttons, which is vexing. Still, it would a helpful shortcut for people who knew the code existed but didn’t know/remember how to use it. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/23 "2012-01-28T19:19:55Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > The “[BB code is o](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode)n” on the bottom left hand of the page also revels coding how to. Yes, it does. Also, [del]revels[/del] reveals. 😛 > [@Jragon](#): > > If you ever want to know any forum coding go to the bottom of any page on the forum and look for the box that enumerates what’s turned on and off in the left-hand corner. Click on the link in “BB Code is **On** ” and it will take you to a list of all BB Code commands activated on the forum, what they do, and how to use them. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/24 "2012-01-28T21:25:36Z")
And then of course there’s the wonderful world of colors. In addition to the standard palette you can do any 256-value of RGB by using {color=#ABCDEF}, where the code following the # are the hex values for R, G, & B. 73CC2F gives [COLOR=#73cc2f]this color[/COLOR] ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2012, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/25 "2012-01-28T23:39:05Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Yes, it does. > > Also, [del]revels[/del] reveals. 😛 :smack: D’oh! ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/26 "2012-01-29T23:26:45Z")
Want to try this also! [del] whoo hoo! [/del] Thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/27 "2012-01-29T23:35:41Z")
Does the ```auto highlighting ``` option work? It seems too, cool. ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/28 "2012-01-30T00:57:39Z")
color=lightgrey is also useful for asides, like for example “the retardspeople who support Gingrich…” ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/29 "2012-01-30T02:15:22Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#): > > Is there a reason this can’t be added along with the bold, italics and underline buttons? I went a bajillion years without knowing how to do this. I figured it out when someone put the [del][/ del] tag in a thread title, and of course, coding doesn’t work in thread titles, so I could see the tags. It then dawned on me. Aha! Is that the strikethrough code? I tried it, and success! At the bottom of the page, where it says “Posting Rules,” there are hyperlinks. Like the one for BBCode, that takes you here: [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/misc.php?do=bbcode) It’s there. It’s always been there. Also in the FAQ here in ATMB: [FAQ - Technical issues for Posting - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=384827) See “08 - VB coding” [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7698936#post7698936](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=7698936#post7698936) ---
**Author:** ![Zaccheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Zaccheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zaccheus)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2012, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899/30 "2012-01-30T02:49:32Z")
It’s pretty trivial to add a strikethrough button: an admin just has to upload a button image and enter the local file path in the box for that custom BB code under the AdminCP / Custom BB Codes / BB Code Manager. [http://www.hbing.info/g.gif](http://www.hbing.info/g.gif) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/strikethrough/514899.md?page=1)