How do you draw a line across a bunch of letters?

**KentaRawr!** · 02-15-2007, 01:00 PM

I used to know, but now this knowledge has escaped me due to not abusing it like crazy.

So, how might one go about making a line go across a bunch of letters? It is most commonly used as a way to "cancel out" a previous message in an edit, or sometimes used in a case such as this in Newb Threads:

Welcome to Hell

Edit:

Welcome to (Hell is crossed out) Heaven

Thanks much in advance.

**Mirage** · 02-15-2007, 01:24 PM

By using the <del>del</del> tag, for one :]. I think just <s>s, short for strike, works too</s>.

**Little Blue** · 02-15-2007, 01:24 PM

<s>Like this?</s>

use [s][/s].

Damn, Mirage beat me to it.

**Mirage** · 02-15-2007, 01:33 PM

Except i used html tags, not vBB code.

**Roto13** · 02-15-2007, 02:48 PM

~~I don't know why there isn't a Strikeout button.~~

**Little Blue** · 02-15-2007, 06:15 PM

Originally Posted by Mirage

Except i used html tags, not vBB code.

So did I, but I don't know how to get it to not parse the html when I said what the code was, so I used vBB code then...

**rubah** · 02-15-2007, 10:36 PM

<del><del></del> is the common html tag for strikeout.

It used to be <s><s></s> for strike out, but that was deprecated along with and in favor of and

**Mirage** · 02-15-2007, 11:15 PM

Most browsers still render them for the sake of backward compatibility :p

**Little Blue** · 02-15-2007, 11:49 PM

Originally Posted by rubah

<del><del></del> is the common html tag for strikeout.

It used to be <s><s></s> for strike out, but that was deprecated along with and in favor of and

Well you learn something new (in this case, three somethings new) everyday

**rubah** · 02-16-2007, 03:28 AM

I thought that was self evident by my usage of all of them, stale

**Mirage** · 02-16-2007, 03:37 AM

It was more self evident by my usage of them! I'm the cool dude who helps people around here, not you!

**KentaRawr!** · 02-16-2007, 06:12 AM

<del>RAWR</del> Thanks very much for your help. n_n

**crono_logical** · 02-16-2007, 06:03 PM

I didn't know s i and b were deprecated

**Leeza** · 02-17-2007, 01:25 AM

The <a href="http://forums.eyesonff.com/misc.php?do=bbcode">FAQ</a> is such a handy, informative little read.

**rubah** · 02-17-2007, 01:44 AM

reading up on the w3c is a wonderful passtime, munty!

Originally Posted by Mirage

It was more self evident by my usage of them! I'm the cool dude who helps people around here, not you!

as I happen to be a dudette, this is completely accurate.

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present....html#h-15.2.1

Apparently it was that was deprecated, not the other way around ( and ) but <s> definitely is.

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