In a discussion about adding dedicated editor buttons for spoilers, polls, and emojis in Discourse, Rahul_Ramesh raises the idea, noting that some users—especially those unfamiliar with forum environments—find formatting confusing without such buttons. codinghorror initially resists, citing concerns about “button explosion” and clutter, but acknowledges that an emoji button already exists. Mittineague supports reducing confusion for new users, suggesting an “advanced help” modal instead of overloading the toolbar. Aymane_Shuichi adds that spoilers are particularly useful for RTL layouts, noting the syntax ::spoiler::. cpradio points to a plugin that adds these features, which Untoldent praises as essential for their community. However, jomaxro clarifies that spoiler functionality is now built into the composer toolbar, making the plugin obsolete. Untoldent explains they’re migrating users from another forum where spoilers are first-tier, and want to ease the transition. jomaxro warns that the plugin hasn’t been updated since mid-2016 and may not work, a concern echoed by cpradio. Untoldent confirms the plugin still works—“fully work”—with a slight smile emoji. The conversation reflects a balance between usability for new users and avoiding interface bloat, with built-in spoiler support now available and third-party plugins potentially outdated.
@codinghorror @sam Are there any chances that buttons dedicated for spoilers, polls and emojis be included in the Post editor for upcoming updates?
Because even though it is easy to insert the aforementioned, without buttons, some normal users gets confused, especially those who are not accustomed to much forum environments much.
Before we do any of that, and I don’t like button explosions, we need basic formatting help somewhere.
Well ya button explosion will give it a blog look and will make things more complicated , but it will be good to have a button which drops down to show more options like spoiler, poll, smileys and all? What you think? It will avoid the clutter of buttons.
IMHO a “help” modal type of thing for the composer might be a good idea.
Having an over-abundance of buttons won’t help reduce confusion for those “not accustomed”.
Well, there is an editor button for Emoji now. I don’t think poll or spoiler are so important that they need that kind of elevation in the UI.
Hi Jeff,
It might be useful to have a button. For RTL layouts writing [spoiler][/spoiler] is problematic.
Plugin to add such is easy.
https://github.com/cpradio/discourse-plugin-spoiler-ui
Thanks very, very much for this plugin, @cpradio! It was a must-have for my upcoming community, which is all about keeping secrets.
Thanks, @jomaxro, but i’m wooing my users from another forum where they’ve got it as a first-tier button on their Composer, and i think having it there in my community will make for an easier transition.
I’d be sure to test it (or hear from @cpradio) before you install that plugin on a live site. It hasn’t been updated since mid-2016, and Discourse has had quite a few changes since then. Quite possible it no longer works.
Almost certain it won’t work.
It uh… fully works. 
