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Q&A Details tag lacks sufficient styling and summary text

The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question. Example <details> <summary>Ex...

posted 2mo ago by celtschk‭  ·  edited 2mo ago by celtschk‭

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#4: Post edited by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2024-08-07T03:03:21Z (2 months ago)
  • The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question.
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • ```
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • Content here
  • </details>
  • ```
  • </details>
  • Note that while formally the summary tag is optional in the HTML specification, it also explicitly specifies that a browser-specific legend is displayed. Which in turn means that if you want any control on what is shown as legend, the summary tag essentially is mandatory.
  • I don't think you can set through styling the default text shown when the summary tag is missing.
  • The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question.
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • ```
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • Content here
  • </details>
  • ```
  • </details>
  • Note that while formally the summary tag is optional in the HTML specification, it also explicitly specifies that a browser-specific legend is displayed if no summary is given. Which in turn means that if you want any control on what is shown as legend, the summary tag essentially is mandatory.
  • I don't think you can set through styling the default text shown when the summary tag is missing.
#3: Post edited by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2024-08-07T03:02:00Z (2 months ago)
Added some details
  • The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question.
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • ```
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • Content here
  • </details>
  • ```
  • </details>
  • I don't think you can set through styling the default text shown when the summary tag is missing.
  • The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question.
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • ```
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • Content here
  • </details>
  • ```
  • </details>
  • Note that while formally the summary tag is optional in the HTML specification, it also explicitly specifies that a browser-specific legend is displayed. Which in turn means that if you want any control on what is shown as legend, the summary tag essentially is mandatory.
  • I don't think you can set through styling the default text shown when the summary tag is missing.
#2: Post edited by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2024-08-07T02:53:02Z (2 months ago)
  • The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question.
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • ```
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • </details>
  • ```
  • </details>
  • I don't think you can set through styling the default text shown when the summary tag is missing.
  • The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question.
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • ```
  • <details>
  • <summary>Example</summary>
  • Content here
  • </details>
  • ```
  • </details>
  • I don't think you can set through styling the default text shown when the summary tag is missing.
#1: Initial revision by user avatar celtschk‭ · 2024-08-07T02:52:19Z (2 months ago)
The text is not determined by styling, but by a summary tag that is supposed to be inside the details tag, and that is missing in the quoted question.

<details>
<summary>Example</summary>

```
<details>
<summary>Example</summary>
</details>
```

</details>

I don't think you can set through styling the default text shown when the summary tag is missing.