# Equations do not render properly in blocks

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/equations-do-not-render-properly-in-blocks/393640
**Category:** Bug
**Tags:** math, hide-details
**Created:** [October 23, 2024, 3:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/equations-do-not-render-properly-in-blocks/393640 "2024-10-23T03:29:17Z")
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### Author: ![Ethsim2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ethsim2/32/522255_2.png) [@Ethsim2](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ethsim2)
#### Post date: [January 16, 2026, 8:15am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/equations-do-not-render-properly-in-blocks/393640/3 "2026-01-16T08:15:46Z")

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Yep - this was already fixed quite a while ago 👍

The MathJax-inside-[details] issue was resolved by

> [@MathJax not working inside details sections](https://meta.discourse.org/t/mathjax-not-working-inside-details-sections/372218/4):
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> [FIX: prefers textContent over innerText by jjaffeux · Pull Request #111 · discourse/discourse-math · GitHub](https://github.com/discourse/discourse-math/pull/111)

That change has been in place for a long time, which is why Sam’s example now renders correctly.

Looks like this report just hit an instance that hadn’t updated yet - all good now.

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