11-18-2018 09:51 AM - edited 11-18-2018 09:53 AM
When you want to create a new post here on Connect using your phone, the first thing you do is click the Start a post button, the second thing is scroll down to reach the area where you can enter the actual text. During this scrolling operation, it is quite easy on the relatively small screen of the phone to accidentally hit a key you did not intend to hit, especially the keys that are on the extreme left of the screen, as that might be the area where your finger lands on the screen for the scrolling. In the post creation user interface of Connect those keys on the left are 'Bold' (B) and 'Spoiler' (exclamation mark in a triangle).
The result of accidentally hitting the Bold key is easy to spot the moment you start typing, and is therefore usually corrected immediately, but accidentally hitting the 'Spoiler' button only results in your text being shown in a barely visible additional frame. And only once the post is published does it become obvious that your text is hidden behind a 'Spoiler'-sign that people need to click before your text can be read. More or less all uses of this 'Spoiler' function I have seen on Connect so far are very likely the result of this kind of accidental use.
Fortunately - for those reading this and now realizing "this is what happened to my post!" - it can be fixed:
11-19-2018 04:29 AM
Hi @JanVanHaver,
Thank you or sharing such valuable tip.
I believe that the community would find this post handy!
11-21-2018 11:40 AM
@sonnyNg Seems like a lot of Googlers like this post... So far it has received likes from 1 Connect Moderator, 4 Google Moderators and 1 Googler. If the Helpdesk board is intended/allowed to have posts by non-Googlers, I would say: this is a fine candidate 😉
11-23-2018 05:10 AM
Namskar..
Always we Queries about it..
Good Info you Share..
Thanks for that..
Regards From Mumbai..
12-17-2018 04:06 AM
Hi @JanVanHaver,
Thanks a lot for this detailed information. I had no clue about this message.
Harpal Singh
12-20-2018 10:33 PM
Great Tips, dear friend @JanVanHaver,
You are a silent Knowledge Bomb; Proudly appreciate you - May God Bless you.
With regards
01-10-2019 01:18 PM
For those who stumble upon this post and have no clue what this is about: the 'Spoiler' thing was removed from the user interface - see
https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/All-Ideas/Remove-the-Spoiler-formatting-option/idi-p/1174116
Another nice illustration of the fact that the feedback we give is read/heard and that some submitted ideas do get implemented @sonnyNg !
01-11-2019 01:20 AM
Hi dear friend @JanVanHaver, looks that the request has been implemented - Thanks to all who helped,
Regards
01-11-2019 02:52 AM
Hi @JanVanHaver,
Thank you for having the idea raised up at first place, in order to have the current result. : ]