What causes strike-through text: I periodically see posts where everything on the page is lined through (strike-through text). I sent a PM today and the text looked fine when I sent...

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

I periodically see posts where everything on the page is lined through (strike-through text). I sent a PM today and the text looked fine when I sent it. But when I later went back to my Sent folder, that message showed with all strike-through text. Why does that text type happen here on the Hog?

Rongnongno Loc: FL

StanMac wrote:

I periodically see posts where everything on the page is lined through (strike-through text). I sent a PM today and the text looked fine when I sent it. But when I later went back to my Sent folder, that message showed with all strike-through text. Why does that text type happen here on the Hog?

Usually you need to use the tags offered by UHH... Like this text (hit reply to see how).

As to why this happens when you send a PM, I have no idea and I do not think anyone will either.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

StanMac wrote:

I periodically see posts where everything on the page is lined through (strike-through text). I sent a PM today and the text looked fine when I sent it. But when I later went back to my Sent folder, that message showed with all strike-through text. Why does that text type happen here on the Hog?

I'm guessing that you wanted to accent something and used brackets, and the first letter after the left bracket was an "s", which turned on strike through. Since you didn't use a "/s" in brackets later in the text, it did not get turned off. This made everything strike through. I got bit by that once. Now I only use parenthesis or braces, as brackets are reserved for HTML tags.
You can see what HTML tags are usable here by clicking "Show Tags" in replies or private messages.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

Okay, now that makes me want to test [blink]blinking text[/blink].
Well, not all tags are supported, even though blink was depreciated.
It's just best not to use brackets in typing normal text...

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Rongnongno wrote:

Usually you need to use the tags offered by UHH... Like this text (hit reply to see how).

As to why this happens when you send a PM, I have no idea and I do not think anyone will either.

That is hit "quote reply" to see how. Just reply shows nothing except a blank text window.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

robertjerl wrote:

That is hit "quote reply" to see how. Just reply shows nothing except a blank text window.

Look at the text that was copied of what you are replying to (quoted) and look at that text. If you just hit reply, you won't get the text that you are replying to.

Sorry robert, I re-read and got what you were saying...

StanMac Loc: Tennessee

Mysterious ..... Just went back to see if I had any inadvertent HTML coding and everything looked fine - no strikethrough text! Gremlins .....

Stan

rehess Loc: South Bend, Indiana, USA

Rongnongno wrote:

Usually you need to use the tags offered by UHH... Like this text (hit reply to see how).

As to why this happens when you send a PM, I have no idea and I do not think anyone will either.

PMs sent through the UHH system use exactly the same rules used by text

Put "[" "s" "]" without quote marks before text to receive strikeout treatment

Put "[" "/" "s" "]" without quote marks at the end of that text

I use curly braces - {} - and never square braces - [] - as my way to avoid these problems

this is only way to strike out text

robertjerl Loc: Corona, California

Longshadow wrote:

Look at the text that was copied of what you are replying to (quoted) and look at that text. If you just hit reply, you won't get the text that you are replying to.

Sorry robert, I re-read and got what you were saying...

You should see what happens when I am tired and try to speed type like I was able to do long long ago. I think faster than I type and one hand has faster reflexes than the other. I have been known to type a word backwards, put one syllable in front of the one it should be behind and even order words in a sentence backwards. I couldn't do it when wide awake and thinking if you paid me to do it.

Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States

robertjerl wrote:

You should see what happens when I am tired and try to speed type like I was able to do long long ago. I think faster than I type and one hand has faster reflexes than the other. I have been known to type a word backwards, put one syllable in front of the one it should be behind and even order words in a sentence backwards. I couldn't do it when wide awake and thinking if you paid me to do it.

n3eg Loc: West coast USA

StanMac wrote:

...that message showed with all strike-through text. Why does that text type happen here on the Hog?

I don't know, but certainly someone's gonna blame it on Comic Sans.