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BainsBane

(57,780 posts) Sun Sep 3, 2017, 09:44 PM Sep 2017

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How do I write strike through text

on this site?

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How do I write strike through text (Original Post) BainsBane Sep 2017 OP

The table for the pinned HTML guide is messed up! csziggy Sep 2017 #1

That seems not to work: tblue37 Sep 2017 #2

It may be broken - either part of what is disabled since the hack csziggy Sep 2017 #4

It didn't work BainsBane Sep 2017 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author teach1st Sep 2017 #3

csziggy

(34,189 posts)

1. The table for the pinned HTML guide is messed up!

Reply to BainsBane (Original post)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 09:54 PM

Sep 2017

(strike)Text(/strike)

Replace the () with square brackets.

tblue37

(68,449 posts)

2. That seems not to work:

Reply to csziggy (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 10:02 PM

Sep 2017

~~See?~~

On Edit: I don't know why the brackets and bracketed words didn't disappear.

csziggy

(34,189 posts)

4. It may be broken - either part of what is disabled since the hack

Reply to tblue37 (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 10:10 PM

Sep 2017

Or because the use of font tags is not supported in HTML 5.

BainsBane

(57,780 posts)

5. It didn't work

Reply to csziggy (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 10:17 PM

Sep 2017

This is what I tried. Great is the word I want to strike through.

~~great~~

Response to BainsBane (Original post)

teach1st This message was self-deleted by its author.

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