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[kaomera]

Hi. I think this is the correct place to ask this, if not (or if I just missed something because I wasn't paying attention) then apologies...

I've seen posts that hide large blocks of text behind a cutout where there is a "Show" button that causes the text to be displayed... Can anyone enlighten me on how to accomplish this in my own posts? (Or point me twords help and/or documentation for the board's posting features?)

Thanx.

 

[Darkness]

This? [sblock]There is no cow level.[/sblock]

Code works like this:

[sblock]insert your text here[/sblock]

 

[hong]

[sblock]There is no cow level.[/sblock]

You lie!

 

[Umbran]

[sblock]insert your text here[/sblock]

Now, that's a clever thing, there with the italics. I'll have to remember it.

 

[werk]

I think the OP may be talking about the non-blocked spoiler stuff...or if not I have a follow up question...

Spoiler

Hi. I think this is the correct place to ask this, if not (or if I just missed something because I wasn't paying attention) then apologies...

I've seen posts that hide large blocks of text behind a cutout where there is a "Show" button that causes the text to be displayed... Can anyone enlighten me on how to accomplish this in my own posts? (Or point me twords help and/or documentation for the board's posting features?)

Thanx.

Whenever I see those, I just click and highlight the area, which shows the text. Is there another way?

 

[Wystan]

That is the correct way... Sblock is much better if you ask me....

 

[kaomera]

I think the OP may be talking about the non-blocked spoiler stuff...or if not I have a follow up question...

I know about the spoiler tags, sblock was exactly what I was looking for (and for the reason you pointed out.

Thanx!

 

[frankthedm]

That is the correct way... Sblock is much better if you ask me....

Sblock can get messed up by security setups / specific browers IIRC. The blackened spoiler text is a bit better to hide spoilers.

The really cool thing about sblock is you can change the name. Thus you can name the block asyou wish. I use this when posting monster stat blocks.

{sblock=Dog stats} Dog, 1 HD, 4 HP, +4 to hit, 1d4+1 damage{/sblock}

[sblock=Dog stats] Dog, 1 HD, 4 HP, +4 to hit, 1d4+1 damage[/sblock]

 

[Hypersmurf]

Now, that's a clever thing, there with the italics. I'll have to remember it.

It doesn't work for all tags.

You can disrupt an [sblock] tag with [i][/i] tags. But it doesn't work on, say, [COLOR=green]color tags[/COLOR]. <-- I just used a COLOR tag [COL[i][/i]OR=green]like this[/COLOR], but the parser recognises that [i][/i], containing no text, is essentially meaningless, and ignores it... so the COLOR isn't disrupted.

Since it's inconsistent, I tend to stick with what I know works - SIZE=2 tags.

So to disrupt a COLOR tag, I'll use [CO[size=2]L[/size]OR=green]this syntax[/COLOR]. Since the SIZE tag contains text, it doesn't get ignored, so the COLOR tag is disrupted. You can't do it with [i][/i] tags, because if you put something inside the tags, it gets italicised.

(Italic tags are another one that [i][/i] won't work on. You can't disrupt an [i] tag with [i][/i].)

-Hyp.

 

[Nonlethal Force]

Wow. This is a really cool thread. I've known about the Sblock (and name changing abilities) for some time now, but I've never thought of interupting a tag before. That's pretty cool. And thanks for the universal suggestion, Hyp!