Polls within Hide details

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A user, kaidenh, encountered an issue with polls within the “Hide Details” feature, where the poll appears as jumbled text. JammyDodger provided a solution, explaining that the poll code needs to be on a line by itself and offering a workaround using HTML hide details and Discourse poll code. kaidenh successfully implemented the solution and thanked JammyDodger for their help.

1

Hey!
If I build a poll, it displays properly.

  • Poll
  • Jumbled text
0 voters

But if I build a poll within Details, it appears as jumbled text.

Hide Details
  • Poll
  • Jumbled Text
0 voters

Is this an error?

2

Ooh, I know the answer to this one. :slightly_smiling_face:

It’s because you need the poll code to be on a line all by itself. You can mix html hide details and the discourse poll code to get the results you want:


<details>
<summary>
Hidden Poll
</summary>

[poll type=regular results=always chartType=bar]
* Option 1
* Option 2 
[/poll]

</details>

Example:

Hidden Poll
  • Option 1
  • Option 2
0 voters

Edit: After my giddy rush of excitement at posting my first message I’ve gone back and had a look at what happens with the standard hide details, as you can definitely put the poll in with white space above and below.

For some reason it mixes the [/poll] and [/details] codes together at the end. No idea if this is desired, but the workaround above works if you need it. :+1:

3
Hidden Poll
  • yayy!
  • Yeay!
0 voters
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Thank you @JammyDodger