# 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:** 42
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/831 "2025-07-27T23:31:13Z")
[[Album] imgur.com ![](https://i.imgur.com/3lzWgP7.jpeg?fb "imgur.com") ](https://imgur.com/a/IiJjN97) Futzing with pic posting ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/832 "2025-07-27T23:43:40Z")
Aarrrgghh! Only because I can’t leave this empty ---
**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:** [July 28, 2025, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/833 "2025-07-28T05:07:57Z")
When you link to the album, the picture displayed here is stretched laterally. But if you link to the picture, its proportions are more true. Like here — [![](https://i.imgur.com/3lzWgP7.jpeg) ](https://i.imgur.com/3lzWgP7.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/834 "2025-07-29T18:07:51Z")
Is something up with the board? Spoilers are acting weird. Posts in general. I don’t have a preview screen on the right anymore (in my PC.) Is it just me? I closed the tab and reopened the Dope. Should I reboot my laptop? Test sentence for spoilers. It looks very different when composing your post: it looks like a box around it, no spoiler tags. Spoiler tags don’t work anymore? [spoiler]Let’s see if this blurs.[/spoiler] No! Who’s dicking around with stuff??? ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/835 "2025-07-29T18:12:17Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > How did you do that? Test ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/836 "2025-07-29T18:14:01Z")
https://www.youtube.com/embed/AvJiyOPmsJs?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDAvJiyOPmsJs ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/837 "2025-07-29T18:14:31Z")
You tube links are posting! ---
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/838 "2025-07-29T18:18:15Z")
@Rebo we do spoilers every day in the Wordle game thread. They worked earlier in the day for me. I’ll test them here now — • … NO they’re not working! ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/839 "2025-07-29T20:25:38Z")
Did this work? ETA: It worked. But I’m using Markdown mode, not RTF mode. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/840 "2025-07-29T20:26:52Z")
How do you choose between them? ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/841 "2025-07-29T20:28:13Z")
In the edit box, to the left of the **B** , there’s a toggle that says either **A** or **M+**. Click it to switch modes. ---
**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:** [July 29, 2025, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/842 "2025-07-29T20:29:23Z")
> [@Biotop](#): > > You tube links are posting! I think that’s because the preview pane _isn’t_ working ! ETA: although you can switch it back on using Dr.Strangelove’s method above ..(switch to standard markdown (M+)) All very weird.. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/843 "2025-07-29T21:56:26Z")
\*\*T\*\* ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/844 "2025-07-29T22:12:55Z")
1\. As soon as I closed one of the “big” tags, it disappeared. 2\. The /big tags didn’t disappear until I hit Send. 3\. It’s double spacing everything. 1. I have to insert a backslash between the number and the period at the beginning of _every_ line, or it indents the line instead of leaving it at the left end where I want it. 2. Now it won’t let me do a line that’s not indented. 3. When I tried to edit my post in Site Feedback, it 4. a. wouldn’t let me and 5. b. disappeared the post after I gave up on editing it. 6. See what I mean about being forced into an indented numbered list? I wrote the above three lines as one single line, and then, when I assumed it would accept the a and b as beginning a new list and hit enter, it kept going with the numbered list instead. 7. Samsung laptop, Windows 10 (I think), Chrome, SD dark 8. And the backslashes didn’t disappear when I posted this. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/845 "2025-07-29T22:34:59Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > It’s double spacing everything. Testing something. Harrumph. I don’t like spontaneous change. I like things to stay the same. So sue me. That is all. Just ignore me. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/846 "2025-07-29T22:37:33Z")
Correction: It’s double spacing everything that’s not part of a numbered list (and possibly, I suppose, a bulleted list). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/847 "2025-07-29T22:40:00Z")
> [@SCAdian](#): > > 3. It’s double spacing everything. I’m not a fan of most editors (including Word) defaulting now to double-spacing on enter now either. However, you can avoid this by hitting ctrl-enter instead of enter (or using Markdown mode). ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/848 "2025-07-29T22:41:50Z")
Sorry, that should be shift-enter, not ctrl-enter. ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/849 "2025-07-29T22:55:17Z")
> [@Dr.Strangelove](#): > > I’m not a fan of most editors (including Word) defaulting now to double-spacing on enter now either. I’m not a fan of anything that changes what I type to what someone else thinks I should have typed. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2025, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736/850 "2025-07-29T22:58:42Z")
The change is in the meaning of the enter key. Before, it meant a linefeed. Now, it means new paragraph. Like I said, I’m not a fan either. But Word/Outlook started doing this ages ago so that you could change paragraph spacing independently of other factors (say, if you wanted 1.5 lines between paragraphs instead of 2). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=41) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/test-thread-to-test-things-out-do-not-lock/956736.md?page=43)