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Thoughts on hiding challenge sections with expandable details tags
I've recently started experimenting with hiding some of the sections in a challenge, using an expandable <details> tag. This seems to have some advantages, but I'm interested to hear how people find this - any good and bad points and general advice on how and where to use this.
I'm asking this in the context of challenges specifically, not general Q&A.
I'm not expecting this to lead to rules, just guidance on what people find easiest to use. I'm interested in hearing from people who write answers and people who browse answers, and people who do both. I'm interested in what you find useful on a first reading of a new challenge, and also what you find useful when revisiting a challenge you have already read, to see new answers.
How does this vary on different types of device - small or large screens, landscape or portrait, touchscreen or mouse and keyboard. I don't want to disadvantage one device type.
For example, I initially just hid a terminology section, but more recently I'm considering also hiding the input, output, and test cases sections, so only the introductory overview is visible.
Partially hidden example
A brief introductory overview of what the challenge is about.
Terminology
The terms used in a particular field; nomenclature.Input
- The data provided to your code
- Specific details
Output
- The data produced by your code
- Specific details
Test cases
Test cases are in the format input : output
A : apple
B : banana
C : citron
Fully hidden example
A brief introductory overview of what the challenge is about.
Terminology
The terms used in a particular field; nomenclature.Input
- The data provided to your code
- Specific details
Output
- The data produced by your code
- Specific details
Test cases
Test cases are in the formatinput : output
A : apple
B : banana
C : citrus
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I don't like the partially or …
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I don't like the partially or fully hidden examples. Those require more work to see the details, instead of just scrolling on.
Anyone curious enough about a challenge from the title will want to read what it's about. Making that difficult is just annoying without any upside.
Short challenges don't need to do anything special. Long challenges can use headings to reduce visual clutter, as in your partially hidden example.
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