Any chance you could make this so only those given permission (via roles) can see the hidden text, while it doesn't show to anyone else?

garvin, i think you should try using whispers

Uploaded version 1.1 Beta of Hidden Text.

Uploaded version 1.2 Beta of Hidden Text.

I just installed the new version and I think it's an excellent addition :)

Thanks!

Uploaded version 1.3 of Hidden Text.

Uploaded version 1.4 of Hidden Text.

Uploaded the wrong file, thats why the bot posted twice - whoops.

**NEW**

Added the ability to change the hidden text marker/link. This is the text that is displayed
as a place holder of what is hidded. Default is "(Hidden)", but now you may change it to anything
you like. Simply log in as the administrator and go to the settings tab. On the left pane you will
now see another option - "Change Hidden Text Marker". Click this and enter your desired text.

It has not been thoroughly tested so let me know of any kinks.

How awesome! I was just about to request a spoiler extension and found this at the very top of the add-ons page ;p

ohnoes! Server was down. Looks like apache decided it wanted to go to sleep. Back up now, thanks for the notice.

I think that the ".Hidden" class in Hidden Text is interfering with Vanilla's "li.Hidden". Whenever I set the permission for Hidden Text on a role, that role can't view deleted comments (verified that the comment is present in the source, but not visible).

Could this be a write permissions problem?
Take a look at the config file, it might have become corrupt?

I'm not seeing this hidden text configuration panel. Currently no hidden text is working on my site. And for the posts that used the old hidden extension, they now no longer have an option to unhide...

EDIT: Sorry need to read the readme file closer.

Users at the forum I operate are asking if there is any chance of getting multiple hidden texts in the same comment to work. Any word on this?

Wow I feel like I've been flooding this discussion with comments today.

Hmm, not exactly sure to be honest... I haven't played with Vanilla in ages, don't know exactly where to dig. I think it has something to do with the way it handles error messages. I messed with it a little bit and it appears to rewrite the database.php file every time. If I toss in some text after the ?> it adds another ?> after what I've added.

(Anyone else have any thoughts?)

I can remake the same error you get by doing the same thing. Although no one else has had the same issue (or have not mentioned it). What other extensions do you have running?

As for multiple hidden texts in the same comment - no, not with this extension. We have gone over that a few times before (a popular request), and that would take some extra work with JS, which is over my head. Someone else would have to take over from here.

Update: Nice, we posted at the same time.... I'll check that out, and update the extension.

Uploaded version 1.5 of Hidden Text.

@Comment 27~30, 33
Now it wipes out the Settings.php, and replaced with just ?> sometimes. (It make my forum redirect to setup/index.php today.)

I think the codes in default.php:
if (!AppendToConfigurationFile($Configuration['APPLICATION_PATH'].'conf/database.php', '')) $Errors = 1;

if (!array_key_exists('HIDDEN_TEXT_SETUP', $Configuration)) {
AddConfigurationSetting($Context, 'HIDDEN_TEXT_MARKER', '(Hidden)');
AddConfigurationSetting($Context, 'HIDDEN_TEXT_VERSION', '1.4');
AddConfigurationSetting($Context, 'HIDDEN_TEXT_SETUP', 1);
} elseif($Errors == 1) {
// Could not save configuration
$NoticeCollector->AddNotice($Context->GetDefinition('ErrCreateConfig'));
} have to change with if (!array_key_exists('HIDDEN_TEXT_SETUP', $Configuration)) {
if (!AppendToConfigurationFile($Configuration['APPLICATION_PATH'].'conf/settings.php', '')) $Errors = 1;
if ($Errors = 0){
AddConfigurationSetting($Context, 'HIDDEN_TEXT_MARKER', '(Hidden)');
AddConfigurationSetting($Context, 'HIDDEN_TEXT_VERSION', '1.5');
AddConfigurationSetting($Context, 'HIDDEN_TEXT_SETUP', 1);
}elseif($Errors == 1) {
// Could not save configuration
$NoticeCollector->AddNotice($Context->GetDefinition('ErrCreateConfig'));
}
}

Made a small change from Dinoboffs suggestion, and it seems to have worked. I have tried it on my local install and the bug is gone. I tried settings.php and database.php as read-only and no error (like there was before). It appears to no longer be rewriting either file.

If someone that had this problem can give it a shot and let me know if it solved your issue. Please backup both settings/database.php just to be safe.

It is the original code in version 1.4 with lines 35 and 39 commented out. 35 was the issue, 39 was just not needed.
Line 35: if (!AppendToConfigurationFile($Configuration['APPLICATION_PATH'].'conf/settings.php', '')) $Errors = 1;
Line 39: AddConfigurationSetting($Context, 'HIDDEN_TEXT_VERSION', '1.5');

Uploaded version 1.6 of Hidden Text.

Pedantic convention indicates it should at least be 1.6.1 because if the change was important and it made a difference, people need to know about it.

:)

Thanks Krak!

Bump, please - I'd really, really like to get this resolved if possible since it's ridiculously useful for our forum :-)

A lot of people ask for multiple hidden texts per message. This script is fairly simple.

function handleParent(parentId) {
myParent = document.getElementById(parentId)

if (myParent.style.display=='block') {
myParent.style.display='none'
} else {
myParent.style.display='block'
}
}
Thats the code that does the hidding. It simply changes the CSS display tag from block to none. So its always there (viewable from the source) it just changes its CSS display. The script grabs the posts row number and adds it to the hidden text code. The hidden text code has to have a number associated with it to distinguish one hidden text field from the other. If they were all the same, when you click "show hidden text" all the hidden text on the entire page would show, or hide. Giving it a number tells it to show/hide #3 or #6, etc. The number I use is already there, created by Vanilla for that particular post.

To make multiple hidden texts per message you would have to append another number, or letter to that. So you would have to make the hidden texts for one message something like "hidden text 1a" and "hidden text 1b" or 1.1, 1.2, etc.. I have no idea how to do this. You would have to make it add the extra letter/number to the current one, and make sure you were not creating one with a number/letter combo already in use on the page or you would end up showing/hiding more than one set per message.

I simply dont know how to do it, but I am sure it can be done.

There are other ways to show/hide text as was discussed in the discussion before I made this, but I either, did not like the way it worked (too messy), I was unable to get it to work, or I was unable to use it because of the code needing a specific number attached.

I get this request constantly, which I would love to have honestly. I just can't do it. Maybe this will help explain everything.

Ive thought about a few things, I am just not sure how to implement them. One of my ideas was to use a random string. It doesn't matter what is used, just as long as it is attached to the hidden blurb and the link to show/hide that blurb. A random string would work perfectly I'm sure, what are the chances that it would duplicate on one page?

Every once in a while I dig out the extension and fiddle with it to see if I can get it. Just waiting till one day I do, or someone comes along and points me in the right direction. I'm just horrible with JS.

Glad you like it though!