What constitutes a Spoiler?

Marc Oxborrow

I'm curious about a new (to me?) TypeDrawers feature: the spoiler.

Found at the bottom of some posts, it's a button that, when clicked, reveals a previously hidden part of the post. I've encountered it a few times and can't figure out what constitutes a spoiler -- none of the newly revealed content seems different than what preceded it.

If this is in preparation for TypeDrawers' transition to movie reviews, I'm onboard!

Florian Pircher

Spoilers are neat to hide long content: A thousand kerning pairs, a long crash report, some complicated feature code, etc. This keeps the thread tidy and allows the engaged reader to access additional content. It’s probably best to preface the spoiler with a heading.

For example, words used in German with the letters a–z in different contexts:

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Marc Oxborrow

Thanks, Florian. Not sure the word "Spoiler" fits, but the functionality seems useful.

Florian Pircher

This is the classic symptom of a feature that has been made for a specific use-case, but that has much broader applicability. A more apt name would be summary–detail-block, or hide/view-section, or secondary-foldy-thingy. But are those names as commonly used as spoiler?

No. No, they are not.

Mark Simonson

The forum engine used by TypeDrawers is a generic one, not tailored to discussions about type. So some features don't quite make sense, although may still be repurposed into something useful.