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Subject: Spoiler Alert Buttons
Posted by: Wilmer McLean
- [1006312] Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 03:11
Just wondering about Spoil Alert Buttons.
Spoiler Alert Buttons are something one clicks on to find out extra information they would not rather read unless they click on that icon.
E.G. for movie revies (plot construciton)
E.G. trivia answers
Are spoler buttons usefule here? |
| 1 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 09:40
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Interesting concept. Have you seen these used successfully elsewhere?
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| 2 | Farn
Leader
ID: 451044109
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 09:50
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I love them. They are very popular on vbulltein boards.
They can come in handy with drafting for invisible queues. And for those of us in the RWF with tv tapings.
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| 3 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 10:10
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Let me see what I can develop. Shouldn't be too difficult.
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| 4 | RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 11:17
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Souldnt be too hard. Not much more than the link, uh, link you already have.
Just have a Font color and a 'SPAN style="background-color:black"' to the same thing, kinda like this:
Test Text
(SPAN style="background-color:black")(font color=black)Test Text(/font)(/span)
Of course, thats not really a button, just something to highlight.
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| 5 | RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 11:28
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Here, now just click the text to magic-chango
Test Text
(SPAN style="background-color:black" onclick="this.style.backgroundColor='lightgrey';")(font color=black)Test Text(/font)(/span)
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| 6 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 12:18
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How about this:
Spoiler alert: (click to toggle on or off)
This is the item that is to be hidden until it is revealed.
Once revealed, it can be hidden again by reclicking.
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| 7 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 12:24
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I tested post 6 with both IE7 and Firefox, and it seems to work. Any help in testing with alternate browsers would be appreciated (particularly any browser on a Mac).
I'd envision setting this up by adding another option under the "Click here to insert a link". The new option would say something like "Click here to add hidden (spoiler) text". When invoked, you would type the hidden text in the popup text box, and all of the code would then be setup, just as it is for an auto-link.
Sound like a plan?
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| 8 | GoatLocker
Leader
ID: 060151121
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 13:22
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Dave,
Sounds like a great plan and I really like it.
Really nice addition and improvement to the board.
Wow, out of working for a living, and still doing continued process improvement.
Cliff
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| 9 | Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 13:25
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Guru - yeah! Looks great! With baseball drafts coming soon, this would be a nice little tool. Judging by how quickly you whipped it out, hopefully it's not an onerous addition to the site.
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| 10 | Ref
Donor
ID: 539581218
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 14:33
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Looks great.
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| 11 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 15:05
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OK, let's do some live testing. The new spoiler link now appears below the input text area.
Here is some hidden text:
This text should appear in blue.
Here is another item: This is the next section. If you click on it repeatedly, it should toggle from visible to hidden and back.
Are any tweaks needed?
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| 12 | RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 15:12
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Test IE 6 on Win XP Pro
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| 13 | youngroman
ID: 3751268
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 15:26
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at least Opera has a problem with it (because of the font-name 'black' vs. '#000000'). this should be a browser independent solution:
[script language="javascript"]
function toggleBackgroundColor(element) {
var style = element.style;
if(style.backgroundColor == style.color) {
style.backgroundColor = 'lightgrey';
} else {
style.backgroundColor = 'black';
}
}
[/script]
[span style="background-color:blue; color:blue" onclick="toggleBackgroundColor(this);"]bla bla[/span]
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| 14 | Kyle
Donor
ID: 052753312
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 15:46
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Test on Windows Vista, the newest version of Firefox (2.0? I think)
Let's see how this goes
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| 15 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:09
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OK, let's try the YR code:
This is hidden using a minor variant of youngroman's code
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| 16 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:10
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YR, does that latest item work OK in Opera?
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| 17 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:12
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Wait, I didn't make all the necessary changes....
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| 18 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:15
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try this
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| 19 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:16
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Hmmm, that latest change seems to have a problem.
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| 20 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:18
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Actually, I think it is working fine now. Previous items in posts 11-15 will no longer work, however as the underlying code for those is now obsolete.
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| 21 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:19
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Even if the automated unhide doesn't work, I think you can still highlight the area with your mouse to see the text (in posts 11-15, for example).
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| 22 | youngroman
ID: 3751268
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 16:24
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#18 + #19 are fine now
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| 23 | Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 17:53
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#6 works as an on/off toggle
I have to highlight everything else.
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| 24 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Thu, Jan 31, 2008, 18:07
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Really? 18 and 19 don't toggle?
What OS/browser are you using?
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| 25 | Species
Dude
ID: 07724916
Sat, Feb 02, 2008, 12:13
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Guru - that was at work, so it wouldn't surprise me if it was IE 6. OS? Well it's not Vista.....I presume it's a business XP version of some kind.
If mine is the only negative don't sweat looking for a solution. It works fine at home and worst comes to worse I just highlight from work. No biggie.
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| 26 | RecycledSpinalFluid
Dude
ID: 204401122
Sat, Feb 02, 2008, 12:17
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I'm running XP-Pro SP2 and IE 6 SP2 and its working for me.
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| 27 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 10:34
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I've activated this feature in all forums now.
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| 28 | Farn
Leader
ID: 451044109
Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 11:00
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Thanks Guru.
Any chance you could insert it into this thread for future RWF spoilers?
link
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| 29 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Fri, Feb 08, 2008, 11:31
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It will automatically get inserted into all threads as they are updated.
In fact, if you start a reply in an existing thread, it will appear on the first preview screen.
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