Hi all,

When I create a new post or comment there are buttons for different formatting options (bold, italic, hyperlink, …) right above the on-screen keyboard. One of the buttons is a little circle with an exclamation mark that is called spoiler.

If I click on it, it adds three colons followed by ‘spoiler spoiler’ and then at the end again three colons. But after I publish the post or comment, I don’t see any effect or special formatting of my text. It’s just the text and that non-functional tags.

Is that a bug or is that how it’s meant to work?

spoiler

This is a spoiler in my main post

  • Kelly@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    12 days ago

    Is that a bug or is that how it’s meant to work?

    Its a bug. Lemmy spoiler rendering hasn’t been implemented yet.

    Its been a while, and the dev must be aware but seems to have prioritised other features so far.

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      82·
      12 days ago

      The dev has prioritized things other than this app entirely, it seems, because there haven’t been any updates in nearly four months. That’s a bit long for an immature app like this.

    • rbnOPEnglish
      31·
      12 days ago

      Thanks, should have researched myself before creating yet another post for it.

  • ramble81@lemm.eeEnglish
    71·
    12 days ago

    Running Voyager and the spoiler in your post as well as someone’s comment spoiler render just fine. I see a “Spoiler” collapsible section that hides it.

    Just wanted to help clarify that it’s a boost thing and not a Lemmy thing.

  • rbnOPEnglish
    71·
    12 days ago

    This is how it looks on my end with Boost:

  • rbnOPEnglish
    31·
    12 days ago

    Test for a spoiler in a comment.

    spoiler

    This is a spoiler in my comment.

  • SatyrSack@feddit.orgEnglish
    2·
    12 days ago

    This was brought up recently about Eternity, which was also originally a Reddit client. Eternity currently only supports Reddit-style spoilers, not Lemmy-style spoilers. How do these spoilers look to you?

    Reddit-style:

    >!I use Thunder now!<

    !I use Thunder now!<

    Lemmy-style:

    ::: spoiler Spoiler
I use Thunder now
:::
    Spoiler

    I use Thunder now

    • rbnOPEnglish
      4·
      12 days ago

      They look like a quote rather than a spoiler.

      • SatyrSack@feddit.orgEnglish
        2·
        12 days ago

        Interesting. So, not the exact same scenario as Eternity, as Eternity currently does render the Reddit-style spoiler as a spoiler instead of as a quote.