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Scrolling text box feature??

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Update: I found what I was looking for. Basically you just have to start a line with four spaces and then write something long enough to that it wraps onto the next line. Following is an example:

Start a line with 4 spaces and then continue typing without hitting the enter key so that the text starts to wrap onto the next line.  This is a neat technique that you can use if you want to provide a hidden clue, or a translation perhaps.  I think it's kind of a neat feature and maybe some others would like to use it too.  smile                                 you can even insert a bunch of spaces                          and use smiley faces too. smile


                                                                                                                      reveal the hidden answer.  

A long time ago, I saw some posts with scrolling text boxes.

They could be used for several purposes.

One that I remember, was that you could put an answer into the scrolling text box that wouldn't show up in the post until the reader would click on the scrolling text box to reveal the answer.

Another technique was to have an English sentence show up without scrolling, and then the reader had to scroll the box in order to read the Spanish. (or vice-a-versa)

Does anyone know how to do this? Or know how to find an old post with this feature?

I tried lots of searches with the hourglass on the questions page and haven't been able to find one yet.

I wanted to use this feature in a post I did today of a cartoon. I was going to use it to hide an explanation of the cartoon for anyone who didn't get the joke. But I can't find the instructions on how to do it.

Maybe it can't be done anymore. I remember that at one time a lot of html code worked that doesn't work anymore here. I tried some html code that I found elsewhere on the internet and when I submitted the answer, the SD engine stripped away all of the html code.

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updated Jul 15, 2017
edited by DilKen
posted by DilKen
I'm pretty sure you are the one that showed me. lol It's been awhile though. - rac1, Jul 15, 2017
Wow it even works on my smartphone - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017

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Is this what you mean:

 I do this accidentally sometimes by typing about five spaces in front of the line of what I am writing, directly in the answer box, not in what I have typed before in microsoft word (I always do everything in word and transfer it so it doesn't get lost, unless it is very short).  It causes that to come up, it doesn't work with one space, it takes a number I have not experimented with how many.
updated Jul 15, 2017
posted by bosquederoble
Bosque: yes that's it. I found it about 30 minutes ago. It requires four spaces before a long line of text that wraps onto the next line as I think you probably already know. Thanks again. - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017
I was just about to update my post to tell everybody I figured it out when I saw your answer and NKM's. - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017
Yes since I purposely did it, I do know how to do it. I always do it with five, because that is my standard paragraph indent. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 15, 2017
I greatly appreciate you actually pointing out a very good use for it- you could indeed put filler in the part that shows, and what you want to hide in the rest. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 15, 2017
Yes Bosque...or instead of filler you can just hold down the space bar and insert a zillion spaces. - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017
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Experimenting:

Click on the scroll bar for the hidden answer                                                hidden answer.


Click on the scroll bar for the hidden answer                                                hidden answer.


Click on the scroll bar to review all the answers                                          answer 1.
Click on the scroll bar to review all the answers                                          answer 2.
Click on the scroll bar to review all the answers                                          answer 3.
Click on the scroll bar to review all the answers                                          answer 4.
updated Jul 15, 2017
edited by DilKen
posted by DilKen
If it's not already there, add it to that thread where you taught me how to do lots of formating and such. - rac1, Jul 15, 2017
Or, maybe even a reference article. What do you think? Would that work? - rac1, Jul 15, 2017
I think it's better to just add it to that old thread. As you know, to learn this stuff and remember it, it helps to practice it with a new answer. You can't answer reference articles, right? - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017
No, that's true. It would be nice if we could pin it somewhere. :) - rac1, Jul 15, 2017
I have it in my favorites file on my pc. - rac1, Jul 15, 2017
Amber: There you go being clever again. :) - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017
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Hello!

This link from 2010 might be the answer to your question. Line breaks, pictures, links and other formatting tricks

Hope this helps.

Regards!

updated Jul 15, 2017
posted by NKM1974
Thanks Link Master :) I found it about 30 minutes ago in an old answer I had created on that very link. If I hadn't found it already your tip would have gotten me there. Thanks again. - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017
Just about everything is on that link. :) - rac1, Jul 15, 2017
In the future, I know where to redirect users who are asking for this question. - NKM1974, Jul 15, 2017
De nada a todos. - NKM1974, Jul 15, 2017
Rac: You probably know this, but I'll point it out to others. Many of the techniques that you see on that post no longer work. You can tell if something works or not by editing an answer and saving it without making any changes. - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017
If the cool stuff disappears, then you won't be able to use that technique. The SD "engine" strips away a lot of HTML code, so a lot of techniques there will no longer function as they did back then. - DilKen, Jul 15, 2017