Spoiler tag activating when not needed

[AfraidRacer]

So I have been using the 'cloud post save' feature to write a thread for an event, but it keeps inserting spoiler tags at random, unneeded places.
I'm gonna have to double-post here, I hope you don't mind.

This is what I'm posting: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Tq7ui4b8j4Y7a_uMwGn6YGm7OhW9oR-UFqofhpRygbk/edit?usp=sharing

This is what happens when I copy-paste that text(look to the next post)

 

[AfraidRacer]

FIA Group C Championship - Round 1 @ Brands Hatch




Who will come out on top in the battle to tame these legendary Group C machines?

Join TPC for an ultra-competitive 5-round championship at some of the best circuits in both the real and virtual worlds, and represent your team to win the Drivers' and Teams' Championships!


Timings: 3:30 pm GMT/ 10:30 am EST

Spoiler: Race Format and Calendar

3:00 GMT: Lobby opens

3:30 GMT: 10-minute qualifying session

3:45 GMT: Race Start

4:30 GMT: Race finish(approx)


Round 1 - 10th January 2021: Brands Hatch GP(22 laps)

Round 2 - 17th January 2022: Blue Moon Bay Infield A(45 laps)

Round 3 - 31st January 2021: Fuji Speedway (Short) or Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa+Miyabi(Up to Drivers’ voting)

Round 4 - 7th February 2021: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza(20 laps)

Round 5 - 14th February 2021: Circuit de La Sarthe(12 laps)

Spoiler: Car List

All Group C cars are allowed, maximum 4 allowed per car.

Sauber-Mercedes C9 [0/4]

Jaguar XJR-9 [0/4]

Mazda 787B [0/4]

Porsche 962C [0/4]

Nissan R92CP [0/4]

Spoiler: BOP and Ballast

In the interest of fairness, a custom BOP will be used, but there will be no tuning.

Base BOP values for all cars are listed below.

Sauber-Mercedes C9(TBD)

Jaguar XJR-9(TBD)

Mazda 787B(TBD)

Porsche 962C(TBD)

Nissan R92CP(TBD)

2% of ballast will be added for every 1st place finish.

1% of ballast will be added for every 2nd place finish.

 

[AfraidRacer]

OH COME ON!
NOW IT DECIDES TO WORK?

 

[AfraidRacer]

Ok, heres a direct copy from when I posted this in a private convo:

FIA Group C Championship - Round 1 @ Brands Hatch

Who will come out on top in the battle to tame these legendary Group C machines?
Join TPC for an ultra-competitive 5-round championship at some of the best circuits in both the real and virtual worlds, and represent your team to win the Drivers' and Teams' Championships!

Timings: 3:30 pm GMT/ 10:30 am EST
​

Spoiler: Race Format and Calendar

3:00 GMT: Lobby opens
3:30 GMT: 10-minute qualifying session
3:45 GMT: Race Start
4:30 GMT: Race finish(approx)

Round 1 - 10th January 2021: Brands Hatch GP(22 laps)
Round 2 - 17th January 2022: Blue Moon Bay Infield A(45 laps)
Round 3 - 31st January 2021: Fuji Speedway (Short) or Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa+Miyabi(Up to Drivers’ voting)
Round 4 - 7th February 2021: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza(20 laps)
Round 5 - 14th February 2021: Circuit de La Sarthe(12 laps)

Spoiler: Car List

All Group C cars are allowed, maximum 4 allowed per car.

Spoiler: Car List

• Sauber-Mercedes C9 [0/4]
• Jaguar XJR-9 [0/4]
• Mazda 787B [0/4]
• Porsche 962C [0/4]
• Nissan R92CP [0/4]

Spoiler: BOP and Ballast

In the interest of fairness, a custom BOP will be used, but there will be no tuning.
Base BOP values for all cars are listed below.

Spoiler: BOP and Ballast

• Sauber-Mercedes C9(TBD)
• Jaguar XJR-9(TBD)
• Mazda 787B(TBD)
• Porsche 962C(TBD)
• Nissan R92CP(TBD)

2% of ballast will be added for every 1st place finish.
1% of ballast will be added for every 2nd place finish.

 

[AfraidRacer]

@Jordan you can see a (rough) version of my code, clearly without spoilers in those particular places.
If I copy-paste from the google docs, it works. However, it doesn't work in the GTP editor. It automatically adds the spoiler tags.

 

[El_Beardo]

FIA Group C Championship - Round 1 @ Brands Hatch

Who will come out on top in the battle to tame these legendary Group C machines?
Join TPC for an ultra-competitive 5-round championship at some of the best circuits in both the real and virtual worlds, and represent your team to win the Drivers' and Teams' Championships!

Timings: 3:30 pm GMT/ 10:30 am EST

Spoiler: Race Format and Calendar

3:00 GMT: Lobby opens
3:30 GMT: 10-minute qualifying session
3:45 GMT: Race Start
4:30 GMT: Race finish(approx)

Round 1 - 10th January 2021: Brands Hatch GP(22 laps)
Round 2 - 17th January 2022: Blue Moon Bay Infield A(45 laps)
Round 3 - 31st January 2021: Fuji Speedway (Short) or Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa+Miyabi(Up to Drivers’ voting)
Round 4 - 7th February 2021: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza(20 laps)
Round 5 - 14th February 2021: Circuit de La Sarthe(12 laps)

Spoiler: Car List

All Group C cars are allowed, maximum 4 allowed per car.
Sauber-Mercedes C9 [0/4]
Jaguar XJR-9 [0/4]
Mazda 787B [0/4]
Porsche 962C [0/4]
Nissan R92CP [0/4]

Spoiler: BOP and Ballast

In the interest of fairness, a custom BOP will be used, but there will be no tuning.
Base BOP values for all cars are listed below.
Sauber-Mercedes C9(TBD)
Jaguar XJR-9(TBD)
Mazda 787B(TBD)
Porsche 962C(TBD)
Nissan R92CP(TBD)
2% of ballast will be added for every 1st place finish.
1% of ballast will be added for every 2nd place finish.

Copy/pasting from Google docs always gives me formatting issues, too. Not sure why.

I'll drop you a DM on Discord. Straight copy/paste from there should sort it.

 

[AfraidRacer]

Delete

 

[Famine]

Copy/pasting from Google docs always gives me formatting issues, too. Not sure why.

Always paste unformatted text - Ctrl+Shift+V - to prevent this.

@Jordan you can see a (rough) version of my code, clearly without spoilers in those particular places.
If I copy-paste from the google docs, it works. However, it doesn't work in the GTP editor. It automatically adds the spoiler tags.

You have an improperly nested SIZE tag:

That's breaking up your planned SPOILER tags, creating new SPOILER tags and causing multiple instances of further SIZE tags as you can see right below it in the LIST section.

The copy in the Google Docs file works just fine:

FIA Group C Championship - Round 1 @ Brands Hatch

Who will come out on top in the battle to tame these legendary Group C machines?

Join TPC for an ultra-competitive 5-round championship at some of the best circuits in both the real and virtual worlds, and represent your team to win the Drivers' and Teams' Championships!

Timings: 3:30 pm GMT/ 10:30 am EST

Spoiler: Race Format and Calendar

3:00 GMT: Lobby opens
3:30 GMT: 10-minute qualifying session
3:45 GMT: Race Start
4:30 GMT: Race finish(approx)

Round 1 - 10th January 2021: Brands Hatch GP(22 laps)
Round 2 - 17th January 2022: Blue Moon Bay Infield A(45 laps)
Round 3 - 31st January 2021: Fuji Speedway (Short) or Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa+Miyabi(Up to Drivers’ voting)
Round 4 - 7th February 2021: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza(20 laps)
Round 5 - 14th February 2021: Circuit de La Sarthe(12 laps)

Spoiler: Car List

All Group C cars are allowed, maximum 4 allowed per car.
Sauber-Mercedes C9 [0/4]
Jaguar XJR-9 [0/4]
Mazda 787B [0/4]
Porsche 962C [0/4]
Nissan R92CP [0/4]

Spoiler: BOP and Ballast

In the interest of fairness, a custom BOP will be used, but there will be no tuning.
Base BOP values for all cars are listed below.

Sauber-Mercedes C9(TBD)
Jaguar XJR-9(TBD)
Mazda 787B(TBD)
Porsche 962C(TBD)
Nissan R92CP(TBD)

2% of ballast will be added for every 1st place finish.
1% of ballast will be added for every 2nd place finish.

As does the copy from post #2 when stripped of font size tags:

FIA Group C Championship - Round 1 @ Brands Hatch

Who will come out on top in the battle to tame these legendary Group C machines?
Join TPC for an ultra-competitive 5-round championship at some of the best circuits in both the real and virtual worlds, and represent your team to win the Drivers' and Teams' Championships!

Timings: 3:30 pm GMT/ 10:30 am EST​

Spoiler: Race Format and Calendar

3:00 GMT: Lobby opens
3:30 GMT: 10-minute qualifying session
3:45 GMT: Race Start
4:30 GMT: Race finish(approx)

Round 1 - 10th January 2021: Brands Hatch GP(22 laps)
Round 2 - 17th January 2022: Blue Moon Bay Infield A(45 laps)
Round 3 - 31st January 2021: Fuji Speedway (Short) or Kyoto Driving Park Yamagiwa+Miyabi(Up to Drivers’ voting)
Round 4 - 7th February 2021: Autodromo Nazionale di Monza(20 laps)
Round 5 - 14th February 2021: Circuit de La Sarthe(12 laps)

Spoiler: Car List

All Group C cars are allowed, maximum 4 allowed per car.

• Sauber-Mercedes C9 [0/4]
• Jaguar XJR-9 [0/4]
• Mazda 787B [0/4]
• Porsche 962C [0/4]
• Nissan R92CP [0/4]

Spoiler: BOP and Ballast

In the interest of fairness, a custom BOP will be used, but there will be no tuning.
Base BOP values for all cars are listed below.

• Sauber-Mercedes C9(TBD)
• Jaguar XJR-9(TBD)
• Mazda 787B(TBD)
• Porsche 962C(TBD)
• Nissan R92CP(TBD)

2% of ballast will be added for every 1st place finish.
1% of ballast will be added for every 2nd place finish.

It's all down to that loose size tag just ahead of the car list spoiler tag.

 

[AfraidRacer]

Always paste unformatted text - Ctrl+Shift+V - to prevent this.

You have an improperly nested SIZE tag:

View attachment 981453

That's breaking up your planned SPOILER tags, creating new SPOILER tags and causing multiple instances of further SIZE tags as you can see right below it in the LIST section.

The copy in the Google Docs file works just fine:


As does the copy from post #2 when stripped of font size tags:

It's all down to that loose size tag just ahead of the car list spoiler tag.

Ok, thanks! I use the rich text editor with the toolbar, so I couldn't see that.
How do I solve it if the problem occurs again in the future?

 

[Famine]

Ok, thanks! I use the rich text editor with the toolbar, so I couldn't see that.
How do I solve it if the problem occurs again in the future?

Well... first of all, Preview is your friend. Preview will immediately tell you if there's a tag error by... chucking up formatting errors. It won't necessarily tell you where the error is though... and it will update what you've put in the post box, including the errors. Always keep a copy of the original post before using Preview.

After Preview, put the original post back into the post box and look through the Preview to see where the formatting errors start. In your post it looked like everything worked up until the duplicate Car List spoilers, and then everything after that was affected. That's a good clue that the issue isn't before the Car List spoilers.

Then use the BB Code editor to look at that section of the post for code errors.

And make sure when you're adding font formatting in the rich-text editor that you're only highlighting the text you want it to apply to!

 

[El_Beardo]

Always paste unformatted text - Ctrl+Shift+V - to prevent this.

Noted for future reference

 

[BobK]

Always paste unformatted text - Ctrl+Shift+V - to prevent this.

Is that by any chance a Windows-only thing?

 

[Famine]

Is that by any chance a Windows-only thing?

No, you can paste unformatted text on other devices too. On Mac it should be Command+Option+Shift+V. I think that it's in the long-press menu on Android (and probably iPhone too), but I don't recall if I've ever needed to use that.

 

[daan]

Or you can press the spanner in the top right of the text box (Use BB Code Editor) before you paste your text. It'll then ignore any text formatting that may be in the copied text.