Hiding an In-post Spoiler

[TheBo]

Say you want to reference something that happened on a show you are NOT watching/discussing with us, but you don't want to spoil it for other people who haven't watched the show you are referencing.

No worries. I'll use QSD as an example, and insert a spoiler for IYSS. I am making up this whole thing, BTW, it's not what I think and it's NOT a real spoiler for IYSS, so you can click it in the example.

For me, Deokman really is a lot like Yi Sun Shin's wife in IYSS.

SPOILER: Click to show

She has blonde hair, she whines a lot and she dies in a hunting accident.

How did I do that? First, I typed my setup, telling what show I was planning to spoil. Before I type the spoiler, I type this (with no spaces): [ s p o i l e r ] After that info, add the following at the end of the spoiler (no spaces): [ / s p o i l e r ] -- and then the thing is completed.

Cool, huh? I'm sure there's a button here for that, but I can't find it and this is easier on the fly.

REMEMBER. Please don't post any spoilers for shows you are presently discussing, even using this method. Put those into the sanctified spoiler thread.

Bo

[ginnycat5]

Very cool, Bo!   How did you discover that, you genius, you?  It's spooky.  Did you invent it?

That's a safer method than using an odd color. Wonder if that still works. I guess it depends on the background color of the comment (could be black or charcoal gray). 
Test of hiding with colors: test of hiding with colors   I think all three dark colors worked, to some degree.  It's readable if I scroll over it as if I'm going to copy and paste it (while pushing down on the [mousepad?], but it peeks through.  Maybe a darker shade?

Edited to add: Oh, darn, it was more hidden in my draft, on black. It posted on gray, though. Humpf! Bo's method is so much better.

[soapygrams]

Hi Bo and GinnyCats; in re the hidden spoiler . . . in my case, Bo's spoiler will be permanently hidden because I cannot make out any of the letters done in purple on black or charcoal; I can however read the spoiler that GinnyCats wrote becaue I can highlight the spoiler and read it while holding down the mouse on it.

I might be the only member of the board who has this type of vision problem so it's no big thing. I rarely type spoilers anyway so it's moot.

Right now I am watching the Gu Family Book, The Sword and the Flower; close to the end of God of War and I check in every so often on Cyra;no. That's a full agenda so I don't think I'll be posting much LOL . .

BTW Bo, our guy Uhm Tae Woong is in Sword and Flower; one of the main hunks. O I mean roles. It's on DF now.

[TheBo]

Well, soapy, when I "clicked to show" my spoiler, I was able to highlight the text and it showed up as blue print on a white background. Does that work for you? I did it just the way you said you read Ginny's spoiler, and it works for me with any color text on any background color.

I found out how to do the spoiler tag by accident, and then I figured out what was happening and how to explain it. That's how I usually figure things out...lol...I'm a savant of sorts.

[ginnycat5]

When I clicked on Bo's spoiler, it showed up as purple on blue, readable for me. When I tried to highlight it, it just moved the whole line without changing any colors.

Edited to add: I tried another method, clicking on "Quote" above Bo's post. Then I got Bo's whole post including the codes for different type faces INCLUDING showing Bo's hidden spoiler in regular white type. It didn't even need the color to be changed anymore. (I had intended to highlight Bo's spoiler, but no need now.)

[soapygrams]

Bo and GinnyCat; I did as you suggested and highlighted Bo's spoiler it worked just fine p must have forgotten how to do that . . ah well.

Bo I noticed you did not mention Uhm Tae Woong . . . just finished Episode 3 and will watch 4 either tomorrow or this weekend. It's interesting but I have no idea if it is even close to any historical part of Koean history. But I like the actors - so it's okay; I do not know very much REAL Korean history anyway.'

Next upa: The Gu Family Book . . . have a good evening.