Testing if the detail-formatting still works

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a longer time ago I used this html-detail-thing for folding longer parts of postings

[details = detail title]
but it seems no longer to work

[/details]

There should be just the tittle and a triangle.
If you cklick on the triangle the detail-section becomes unfolded

it does not work:
is this some kind of option in my browser I can change or did the
Arduino-forum-maintenance disable it?

Or

am I doing something wrong in trying to use it?

title

ah I got it!

no space between the word detail and the equal-sign

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Or you could use the "Hide Details" option available from the "gearwheel" icon when editing a message

Summary

This text will be hidden

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The button gives you something to edit

[details="Summary"]
This text will be hidden
[/details]

But if you want, you can just enter the HTML:

I typed this…

… entire thing by hand just now.

IDK why it don't work for you.

[details = "detail title"]
but it seems no longer to work

[/details]

Works if you remove the spaces before and after the '=', go figure.

a7

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Because I know @StefanL38 likes screenshots, and in case it will be of use to other users who aren't familiar with the post composer interface, I'll provide illustrated instructions:

  1. Click the :gear: icon on the post composer toolbar:
    image
  2. A menu will open:
    image
  3. Select "▸ Hide Details" from the menu:
    image

The skeleton markup will be added to your post at the cursor location:

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You can then change the title text and contents as needed.

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I personally prefer this approach because, although it is available here on Arduino Forum, BBCode markup is not supported on other platforms (e.g., GitHub, Stack Exchange). I like to have a single standard approach to writing that I can use on any platform that supports Markdown.

I use this template:

<details>
  <summary><b><!-- TODO: title here --></b></summary>
  <p>

<!-- TODO: content here -->

  </p>
</details>
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That's a pretty useful template. I know you must have a lot of pre-formatted templates just based on what your responses look like. Please share more of them if you don't mind.

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testing the template

lot's of text nothing shown after clicking the triangle ?

I guess this means more html-knowledge must be applied to make it work
.
.
self-explaining html-code

<details><summary>
<b> <type in titel here:> the letters that will be shown as title </b></summary>
<p>

<type in detail-content here> start of details that are shown / hidden when clicking on the triangle
  </p>
</details>
the letters that will be shown as title

start of details that are shown / hidden when clicking on the triangle

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It is only a template. You must fill your content into the template.

I added HTML comment tags to document where you must fill in the content.