# Test thread — to test things out. Do not lock! **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 27, 2021, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736 "2021-12-27T18:05:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 36
**Author:** ![Treppenwitz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treppenwitz/32/3445_2.png) [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2025, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/711 "2025-02-17T20:22:43Z")
Ooops - nm ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 9:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/712 "2025-02-23T09:37:13Z")
Test \[1\] and another one \[2\] I’m sure i’ll think of a good use for it. Maybe for TLA \[3\] explanations. * * * 1. Very interesting ! 2. I like it ! 3. Three Letter Acronym ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/713 "2025-02-23T16:22:06Z")
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**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 23, 2025, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/714 "2025-02-23T23:21:40Z")
Oh that’s interesting. How’d you do that? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/715 "2025-02-24T10:53:26Z")
It’s odd… it appears to be for footnotes. If you enter, for example, `Some text ^[Footnote text]`, you will see how it works for a footnote in the preview area. But when you post it, it shows as an inline pop-up like it does here: Some text \[1\] It can be set by the Discourse admins to be either a footnote or an inline pop-up (which appears to be the case here). I don’t know why it shows as footnote in the preview but inline pop-up in the post. I guess that’s a bug. IMHO, it would be useful to have both options available instead of either/or. * * * 1. Footnote text ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/716 "2025-02-24T11:10:44Z")
Testing. (didn’t work) ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/717 "2025-02-24T16:41:44Z")
Some text \[1\] * * * 1. Footnote text ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2025, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/718 "2025-02-24T16:54:37Z")
Interesting alternative to a Spoiler. It would be nice if the footnote feature shown in the preview worked. No space between Caret and the open bracket gives the spoiler effect. ^ [text hidden] Text can come before, \[1\] And text can come after. Normal inline Spoiler: This text will be blurred is more obvious. But an inline note as opposed to a footnote is useful. * * * 1. text hidden ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2025, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/719 "2025-02-25T16:47:23Z")
Test post - I haven’t been able to post today. OK, then. Not sure what’s going on. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 27, 2025, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/720 "2025-02-27T16:36:05Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [February 28, 2025, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/721 "2025-02-28T16:04:44Z")
nm ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2025, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/722 "2025-03-01T00:53:02Z")
Testing an embedded reddit vid [https://packaged-media.redd.it/fw68pcowpxle1/pb/m2-res\_640p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1740801600&s=6ff092f03737f691fb95e095444a23f766d2fa9d](https://packaged-media.redd.it/fw68pcowpxle1/pb/m2-res_640p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1740801600&s=6ff092f03737f691fb95e095444a23f766d2fa9d) ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2025, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/723 "2025-03-03T14:40:42Z")
Yes, you can ! ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2025, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/724 "2025-03-07T04:04:26Z")
I’ve been having trouble posting today, so this is just a test ETA: It worked! Now to see if I can post actual brilliance in that thread… ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2025, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/725 "2025-03-08T19:27:30Z")
A post was merged into an existing topic: [“Liked this” appearing when you click the 3 dots to flag a post](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liked-this-appearing-when-you-click-the-3-dots-to-flag-a-post/1015109/15) ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/726 "2025-03-09T16:19:12Z")
Team, what is the tag to use when you want to hide text? Not the spoiler tag, the other one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/727 "2025-03-09T16:22:45Z")
You are talking about the Detail tag I think. On their own line you need the tags [details=“Summary”] [/details] > **Summary** > > You are talking about the Detail tag I think. Bonus, you can change “summary” to whatever you want. I do that all the time. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/728 "2025-03-09T16:23:14Z")
That’s it, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/729 "2025-03-09T20:16:29Z")
And there is a third way —\> \[1\] * * * 1. Hide text in here ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2025, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/730 "2025-03-09T20:30:56Z")
Although that third way (abuse of the footnote feature) does not work for anything larger than one paragraph. It’s also subject to being wonky if any of our themes are later updated to properly render footnotes as Discourse intended and as preview shows. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=35) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=37)