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Spoilers

Zulip lets you temporarily hide content in a collapsible spoiler section, with only the header initially shown. Clicking on the header reveals the hidden content.

Insert spoiler formatting

  • Via compose box button
  • Via Markdown

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. (optional) Select the text you want to hide inside the spoiler.

  3. Click the Spoiler () icon at the bottom of the compose box to insert spoiler formatting.

  4. Replace Header with the desired heading text.

You can also use the Spoiler () icon to remove existing spoiler formatting from the selected text.

  1. Open the compose box.

  2. To create a spoiler section, use triple backticks and the word spoiler (```spoiler) followed by an optional spoiler heading, some text, and triple backticks at the end:

```spoiler The spoiler heading
This content is initially hidden.
```

A message can contain both spoilers and other content, and you can combine spoilers with other formatting.

Examples

What you type

```spoiler The spoiler heading might summarize what's inside
This content is initially hidden.

> You can combine spoilers with other formatting.

```

A message can contain both spoilers and other content.

```spoiler
Leave the heading blank if you like.
```

What it looks like

Collapsed spoilers:

Spoiler collapsed

Expanded spoilers:

Spoiler expanded

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