[Idea] Spoiler formatting option

Sir ArmaMalum·Feb 12, 2014·4 votes·1,631 views

On a lot of game forums I've seen a lot of great readability and creativity spawn from spoiler (hidden text) options. I know I am not the first person to ask, but any plans on that for the Beta at all?

For anyone who's curious, if a spoiler was added I could do this:

[spoiler]** Hello world, ahahahahaha it's a programming joke.......okay I'm done.... **[/spoiler]

and all of the bolded text would not be able to be seen unless an interactive button was clicked within the post itself. Sort of a small miniaturization for a certain block of text if you will.

I don't have any clue how difficult this may be, but as someone who regularly posts very very wall o' text esq posts, this would be invaluable for me at least.

9 Comments

Bob LLamaFeb 12, 20145 votes

This is an interesting idea. I'll have to talk to the development team and figure out just how much work it would be, but it's on our radar. Just like with everything, it becomes a question of: what are the most useful things we can be working on at any given moment, and weighing the effort to benefit ratio.

Keep the feedback coming!

Sir ArmaMalumFeb 12, 20141 votes

Of course, of course, and not to worry I got plenty more. My classes just got cancelled for snow so I got plenty of time now! XD

brunoaisFeb 12, 20141 votes

The largest problem is... How to signal a spoiler?
Bold, italic, etc... are "standard" but... AFAIK... not for spoiler... YOu'll have to makeup something that makes sense or people will forget it easily...

VerandureFeb 13, 20142 votes

You see, I asked for something similar a while back (not specifically for spoilers; however) but I would love to have collapsible lists with this format. Like:

[spoiler "Don't open if you value your eyes"] Lollypoppy.jpg [/spoiler]

would be amazing for player creations or longer posts with segmented parts.

Bubble Butt LuluFeb 12, 20141 votes

Yup, I'd like this. And an option to underline posts.

Kira OnimeFeb 12, 20141 votes

Yeah.

Would be nice.

TsiddiqueFeb 13, 20141 votes

oh hai world

SirTezlaFeb 13, 20141 votes

I like the programming joke. And most every forums have spoiler option, I think the community beta should have something unique. Of course, it's up to Riot.

RoaranorFeb 13, 20141 votes

My knowledge of Information Science-related coding is very limited (I'm more of a Computer Science "Hello World" kinda guy), but it doesn't seem terribly difficult. Possibly create a usable tag that adjusts the font size of selected text to something unreadable (like 1 or 2 on a standard Word scale), and write script to readjust the size of the font within anything marked with the tag to normal with a button (View Spoilers). My script coding is garbage though, so I could be completely off on the difficulty and it actually serve as a week/month long project.