Yeah, I'd never figure out what that first link does just based on the wording. And why do you assume I'd never want to reveal all of the spoilers in a root node but not in any of the replies? Ah, I see we've got a design conflict between the old design and the new design.

The old "in this node" really means "in this node and all replies to it (and no longer showing the rest of the thread that is currently displayed)", which is why it doesn't apply to the top-most node currently being displayed.

So, if we are going to reveal spoilers individually, I'd abandon much of the old design and make "in this node" really mean "in this node" and not have it change which part of the thread you are viewing. So "in this node" would add that node's ID to the list in ?showspoiler= and the "reveal this spoiler" would add "ID-N" instead and with each click you could reveal another spoiler or another node's-worth of spoilers, or just reveal all spoilers. Something like:

Reveal this spoiler or all spoilers in this thread.
Reveal only this spoiler or all spoilers in this node or in this thread.

All links would use the top-most ID in ?node_id=. "only this spoiler" would have the current ?showspoiler= with ",ID-N" appended. "Reveal this spoiler" and "in this node" would have the current ?showspoiler= with ",ID" appended (and perhaps any "ID-N" for that same node removed). "in this thread" would drop ?showspoiler= and add ?spoil=1.

Make sense?

- tye        

In reply to Re^6: Challenge: Hidden Message (click here) by tye
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