# Add custom markdown quote bbcode tags

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-custom-markdown-quote-bbcode-tags/345910>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** plugin-api\
**Created:** [January 7, 2025, 1:28am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-custom-markdown-quote-bbcode-tags/345910 "2025-01-07T01:28:13Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 7, 2025, 12:46pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/add-custom-markdown-quote-bbcode-tags/345910/2 "2025-01-07T12:46:31Z")

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> [@ego-lay\_atman-bay](#):
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> I have tried looking through the source code for the spoiler plugin, but I can’t figure out what it’s doing to allow quoting spoilers.

I think it’s the DecorateCallBack functions:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/affe26f0dd8ecb9f9adc4024c7d68524a7e6665c/plugins/spoiler-alert/assets/javascripts/initializers/spoiler-alert.js#L30>

Related test:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/affe26f0dd8ecb9f9adc4024c7d68524a7e6665c/plugins/spoiler-alert/test/javascripts/unit/lib/to-markdown-test.js>

To help debug by returning the content of the text on selection, you can `console.log(_selectedText);` after this line in a core file:

> <https://github.com/discourse/discourse/blob/affe26f0dd8ecb9f9adc4024c7d68524a7e6665c/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/components/post-text-selection.gjs#L175>

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