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EgonVM
Seasoned Ace
3 months ago

Spoiler Tag Issues

Hello! I really love using spoiler tags as make longer posts shorter to read by removing all the info not relevant to the reader right now.

One thing I really love here that you can customize the header for the spoiler.

Custom Spoiler Header to Hide Some Complaints!

Yet they aren't allowed in replies. And multiple spoilers in one spoiler isn't possible. I hope it gets improved...

Yet... When trying it out in one of my post, I ran into an issue which I further complained about in this reply.

Basically, I included three spoilers in this post so that each different aspect of the idea could be explained better. The first two were longer while the last one was the shortest. Then I hit the Publish and noticed an issue. The third spoiler copied the entire content of the second spoiler, causing it to repeat twice. I then edited and published it. It all looked fine again, but then I opened the first spoiler and noticed half of the content gone. Again back to editing, finishing up the first spoiler again. But oh no, because my scroll bar left out the third spoiler, it copied the second spoiler again. Eventually, I have had it and just left out the third spoiler.

Basically then, we have two issues here.

  1. If you have multiple spoiler tags and some of these are out of the screen due to the scroll bar, it copies the content and header of the spoiler tags on the screen.
  2. Sometimes half of the content under a spoiler tag is deleted. I suspect here that it also applies to those spoiler tags outside the screen.

Let's try to replicate these issues here. If you see the spoilers with the header of "Custom Spoiler Header to Hide Some Complaints!", then the issue has occurred here again.

Meet the spoiler contestants!

Test Spoiler 1
Hi! I'm Test Spoiler 1. I like Island music and long walks on beaches.

Test Spoiler 2
Hi! I'm Test Spoiler 2. I like the prank calls in The Sims 4. In fact, I even have them memorized!

  • I saw what you did last week. I was there. I saw everything. You're in big trouble, Mister/Missy.
  • Do you canoe?
  • We're fixing your phone line. Don't pick it up the next time someone calls.
  • You have been chosen. They will come soon.
  • The number 6 will be very important to you in the next 24 hours.
  • The drop off has been made. Don't be late.
  • They're coming soon. Maybe you should think twice about opening the door.

Test Spoiler 3

Um... Hi? I'm Test Spoiler 3. I don't know what to say, it's all so sudden... Well... Let me read one post then, is it ok?

Ahem...

Please add sims.age_up (that was the title. Let's continue...)

Hello!

I wish this cheat added back to unmodded game.

Anyone wondering what this cheat is, it simply forces sims to age up. If used on an elder, it causes death by old age.
You can add simID after it to target other than active sim, like pets.
This cheat won't work with aging off...

Right now it requires all-cheats mod. I simply wish this simple cheat to return.

Thanks!

Aren't they great?

Now let them square off in the spoiler contest! They have to repeat the same message they repeated here. Whose message gets replaced? But whose get's halved? Let's see!

Your turn, Test Spoiler 1!

Custom Spoiler Header to Hide Some Complaints!

Yet they aren't allowed in replies. And multiple spoilers in one spoiler isn't possible. I hope it gets improved...

Your turn, Test Spoiler 2!

Custom Spoiler Header to Hide Some Complaints!

Yet they aren't allowed in replies. And multiple spoilers in one spoiler isn't possible. I hope it gets improved...

Your turn, Test Spoiler 3!

Custom Spoiler Header to Hide Some Complaints!

Yet they aren't allowed in replies. And multiple spoilers in one spoiler isn't possible. I hope it gets improved...

The gameshow antics aside now, if won't edit the post again after publishing. If you see some repeated message or halved messages, remember that when making this post, I put exactly what I wrote in the quotes above the test.

If all remain intact, great. I hope that means that it's fixed.

If not, well... I hope it gets fixed.

Thank you for reading the post.

  • EgonVM's avatar
    EgonVM
    Seasoned Ace

    Would you look at that, none of the test spoilers made it!

    I had trouble even publishing the post, but every reload did the usual replacing bug. At first, Test Spoiler 1 and Test Spoiler 2 got hit. Finally, Test Spoiler 3 got hit before publishing. I put what they should have said in the quotes, so yeah...

    • EA_David's avatar
      EA_David
      Icon for Community Admin rankCommunity Admin

      Thanks for the detailed post, it was easy enough to replicate, and I found I could "preview" how it'd break by checking HTML view. 

      Very interesting. 

      • EgonVM's avatar
        EgonVM
        Seasoned Ace

        Thanks for the reply!

        Do let me know when a fix is implemented, please. I'd like to see how many test spoilers in the original post survive this time.

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