Talk

Start new thread

Flip

Back to thread

Original poster

Strange black box

2 replies

JamesWebbSpaceTelescope · 17/10/2025 07:39

On another thread my text appeared in a strange black box. I”m trying to replicate it here.

I started each sentence with a 3 space indent - to make it look like bullet points.
Didn’t look at preview as why would I.
All the indented text was white in a black box.
Edited it to remove the spaces and it went back to normal.

Intrigued to see if it works here, preview is normal,

Edit: it needs a 4 space indent. How strange.

Go to post

MNHQ

LilyMumsnet · 17/10/2025 15:12

test
test
test

Hi OP

Thanks for flagging this.
We'll be back to post once we've had a closer look.

MNHQ

LilyMumsnet · 17/10/2025 15:50

Hi again OP,

So that box is actually the way the Talk system formats text that’s been indented. If you start a line with three or more spaces, the site’s code parser thinks you’re trying to post a bit of computer code, so it automatically puts it in a black box with a monospaced font.

If you remove the leading spaces, your text will go back to normal. If you type 'enter', then dash: - and then space, you'll get bullet points.

Watch this thread for updates

Tap "Watch" to get all the latest updates

End of posts

There are no more MNHQ posts on this thread

Back to thread

Flip