jQuery Collapse-O-Matic

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   Hmmm... wonder what happens this text by that arrow is clicked?

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   Holy Crap! That other text just showed up like magic! Thank you Collapse-O-Matic!

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   Options Page? Yes, Options Page!

Where can I translate this plugin into my favourite language?

Community translation for Collapse-O-Matic is available via the WordPress Translation project.

I am a Social Netwookiee, might Twinpictures have a Facebook page?

Yes, yes… Twinpictures is on Facebook.

Does Twinpictures do the Twitter?

Ah yes! @Twinpictures does the twitter tweeting around here.

How does one use the shortcode, exactly?

A complete listing of shortcode options has been provided to answer this exact question.

Is Galato the same as Ice Cream?

No. Not even close.

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1.8.5.7

• the tag, targtag and elwrap will now also allow the tag defined as the default tag attribute in the plugin settings page.
• button has been added to the allowed html tag list

1.8.5.6

• the tag, targtag and elwrap will be filtered to only allow certain tags

1.8.5.5

• removed escaping on excerpt/swapexcerpt

1.8.5.4

• removed the wp_kses_post sanitising from content

1.8.5.3

• title, swap title and content are being sanatzied using the wp_kses_post function

1.8.5.2

• no longer escaping swaptitle

1.8.5.1

• no longer escaping or sanatizing title string

1.8.5

• using sanatize_title for the title tag

1.8.4

• fully tested with WordPress version 6.3.0
• added orderby and order attributes for ordering collapse-commander sub-elements
• further escaping to protect against XSS attacks

1.8.3

• added fadeOnly effect option
• fully tested with WordPress version 6.0.1
• swap title also swaps the title attribute if used
• escaped all attributes before output

1.8.2

• custom css now added to new core.css file that is not affected if no default style is loaded.
• fully tested with WordPress version 5.8.2

1.8.1

• options passed using the preferred wp_add_inline_script

1.8.0

• improved collapse-commander integration
• improved method of adding custom css
• options passed using wp_localize_script
• escaped options to improve security

1.7.14

• tried to fixed spacing issue by forcing elwraptag as a div, but this will effect inline expands. Will need to add elwraptag as an option.
• fully tested with WordPress 5.8.1
• migrated plugins home over to pluginoven.com

1.7.13

• corrected typos
• cleaned up code
• added togglegroup highlander grouping
• fixed issue of rel or group values that consist only of numbers
• findme now supports auto, trigger, target and numeric values
• removed excerpt the_content filtering, added added filters for excerpt and swapexcerpt
• fully tested with WordPress 5.6.0

1.7.12

• fixed expand_all triggers to work with maptastic
• fully tested with WordPress 5.4.1

1.7.11

• added swaptitle capability to extra triggers
• fully tested with WordPress 5.2.1

1.7.10

• target the document.body
• improved random id generation when no id is assigned
• added colomat shortcode as an alias for expand
• added notitle to options page

1.7.9

• jQuery selector for expandanchor no longer needed.
• jQuery selectors look for exact match for targets, preventing multiple targets expanding if the id’s end the same.
• alt tag not used unless alt value is provided
• reworked the way url hashtags are handled to include manual hash changes in url

1.7.8

• touchstart binding now an option

1.7.7

• added check for a callback function: colomat_callback on any expand element state change
• added Initial Pause option to pause initial collapse of expand elements on page load
• tabindex allows for a value of 0
• if cid is provided and no cid exists, shortcode will return blank
• added collapse-commander display id and title options for shortcodes
• merged is_valid_jquery_selector function from csummer on github
• added touchstart to click bindings
• fully tested with WordPress 4.9.0

1.7.6

• integrated collapse-commander expand templates
• fully tested with WordPress 4.8.1

1.7.5

• fully tested with WordPress 4.8

1.7.4

• fixed issue with external triggers for nested elements
• changed links to https
• fully tested with WordPress 4.7.3

1.7.3

• added effect and duration attributes and data-attributes
• if duration is a number, string will be converted to integer
• fully tested with WordPress 4.6

1.7.2

• adjusted data-findme to deal with ‘auto’ value
• added the must-be-one class to force one highlander element to stay open

1.7.1

• integrated new collapse-commander image trigger feature
• added new togglegroup shortcode attribute and data-togglegroup html attribute to reference groups of expand elements with out auto-collapsing other groups, such as when using the rel attribute
• added the ability to load plugin css only when shortcode is used
• removed language files in favour of WordPress language packs
• fully tested to work with WordPress 4.5

1.7.0

• reworked the find-me feature to use new data-findme attribute, rather than create a hidden element.

1.6.15

• renamed language files to xx_XX.po and xx_XX.mo
• recreated the .pot file

1.6.14

• hash-bang (#!) that are used in urls will not be processed as url anchors
• now checks if a url anchor is actually an existing element before trying to process it
• changed language domain to jquery-collapse-o-matic to work with WordPress’ new translation process
• updated tested up to tag to 4.3.1

1.6.13

• added map resize support for google maps builder

1.6.12

• removed css that changed the display to block on focus

1.6.11

• added css to remove the border on focus

1.6.10

• added styles and jQuery for accessibility: focus/keyboard navigation

1.6.9

• added catch-all callback for jetpack’s infinite-scroll
• fix: XSS Vulnerability

1.6.8

• fixed filter_content toggle bug.
• even if content is not to be filtered, it will still be passed through do_shortcode function

1.6.7

• added filter_content to the options page, defaults to off

1.6.6

• added filter attribute to pass the content through the_content filter
• changed name of wpex_clean_shortcodes function
• tested up to: WordPress 4.2-alpha-31047

1.6.5

• maptastic class only removed when present
• maptastic has a max-width assigned to prevent content from entering display area.
• updated collapse-commander integration to work with new licensing system
• tested up to: WordPress 4.2-alpha-31047

1.6.4

• added plugin to GitHub: https://github.com/baden03/collapse-o-matic
• added new tabindex attribute to shortcode and options page
• registration fields are masked using password input type

1.6.3

• added shortcode and html support for the title, swaptitle, startwrap, enwrap and excerpt attributes using placeholders
• added wpex_clean_shortcodes filter to strip unwanted p and br tags from the shortcode
• added the ability to set trigclass, targtag and targclass attribute values in the plugin options page

1.6.2

• added colomat-swap class to the swaptitle element
• added optional cid default to the shortcode

1.6.1

• fixed undeclared cid variable

1.6

• fixed issue with using id anchor links on elements with expanded=‘true’
• added support for Collapse Commander add-on plugin to manage expand elements

1.5.10

• change the find me element from an anchor to an input due to HTML5 no longer supporting the Name attribute
• fixed bug with trigpos inline
• added span_fix classes to css files
• added 4.0 icons to assets

1.5.9

• fixed issue with missing classes in dark style
• streamlined the collapse/expand function
• streamlined the collapseall/expandall functions
• added auto to scrollonclose attribute
• added new colomat_expandall and colomat_collpaseall functions that can be triggered externally

1.5.8

• load scripts only if shortcode is in use defaults to false – load all the time
• added option to choose where all scripts will load: header or footer

1.5.7

• option to only load scripts if shortcode is in use
• script now loaded in footer
• loading js and css now hooked to wp_enqueue_scripts rather than init
• added Serbian language files courtesy of Borisa Djuraskovic from webhostinghub.com

1.5.6

• fixed admin_init error

1.5.5

• updated for 3.8
• cleaned up old code

1.5.4

• updated .on method
• removed php4 constructor
• added DE and RU languages

1.5.3

• shortcode works in sidebar widgets (again)
• fixed hasClass error in Slide Only animation option

1.5.2

• find-me now is called only after collapse/expand animations
• using .on() method once again
• updated Requires at least tag to 3.3
• added swapexcerpt
• fixed typos on the options page
• added custom css to options page
• added targtag and targpos attributes
• added the ability to insert extra external triggers

1.5.1

• find-me auto feature improved to work with responsive websites

1.5

• completely re-wrote plugin
• added sweet-sweet options page
• added colomat-expand-only class that forces collapse element to only open once and stay open
• introduced Collapse-Pro-Matic for Premium Level Collapsing Action.
• added scroll-to-trigger class for Internal Collapse Triggers
• added livequery to bind collapse functions to dynamically added content
• added callbacks: collapse_init(); and findme(); for dynamically added content
• added language files for localization

1.4.11

• added colomat-parent-highlight class functionality
• moved findme auto calculations until after all images have loaded.
• Added elwraptag and elwrapclass attributes
• Added snap-shut class to slam collapse elements shut

1.4.10

• Added colomat-nolink class for anchor tags to prevent auto-scrolling to anchor
• bot- links for targets with swaptitle will now only swap out title for top trigger text

1.4.9

• Replaced on() event handler back to click due to the WordPress world not quite ready for on(). People are still using jQuery 1.6.4 – can you believe that?!

1.4.8

• Click events now use jQuery’s on() event handler for content that arrived dynamically via AJAX NOTE: plugin now requires jQuery version 1.7 or newer
• added notitle attribute if no title should be displayed
• added startwrap and enwrap attributes for wrapping titles
• fixed bug when using nested close links and highlander grouping
• added expandanchor to expand items from anchor links on the same page
• added colomat-expand-only class to prevent collapse from trigger text
• added scrollonclose attribute and scroll-to-trigger class to trigger auto-scroll to specific value on close.

1.4.7

Fixed auto-expand of urls with id-anchors

1.4.6

• fixed JS error in 1.4.5 – GRRR

1.4.5

• Added SlideFade/SlideToggle option
• Visited trigers now have colomat-visited class

1.4.4

• Minified javascript for faster page loads

1.4.3

• Added the findme attribute to auto scroll to start of expanded items

1.4.2

• Added speed adjustment to the slideToggle

1.4.1

• Autoclose elements will now trigger SwapTitle

1.4

• Relaunched of plugin page on Twinpictures’ Plugin Oven

1.3.18

• Added alternate style sheet for sites with dark backgrounds.

1.3.17

• Improved nesting collapse function for sub-levels and added support for nesting 30 levels deep.

1.3.16.1

• Added noarrows class for better integration of images as triggers.

1.3.16

• Bug Fix for the new trigpos attribute, stupid, stupid, stupid

1.3.15

• Added trigpos attribute to position the trigger below the target.

1.3.14

• Fixed the Enqueue error (thanks pborg & lancehudson)
• Expand All and Collapse All will now also trigger swap titles
• Added force_content_collapse class trigger to hide all targets w/o tirggers (roll-your-own)
• Added content_collapse_wrapper class trigger that keeps targets hidden if no JavaScript is present.

1.3.13

• Added the ability to place a second trigger link inside the expanding content area.

1.3.12

• Added the ‘tracy patch’ that will collapse all nested items if the parent is collapsed via highlander grouping.

1.3.11

• Added excerpt feature and all related attributes.

1.3.10

• Swaptitle system rebuilt to support images and cufon.
• Updated CSS the over generalized names close and hover to more plug-in specific colomat-close and colomat-hover
• removed !important from CSS arrow definitions to make it easier to redefine arrows.

1.3.9

• Swaptitle will not be triggered if either or tags are used in trigger titles
• Added rel grouping to the collapse/expand-all triggers to target only elements of a single group.

1.3.8

• Expand elements containing content with one empty space will no longer insert empty target elements.

1.3.7

• Added expandsub1 – expandsub3 shortcodes for nested expand elements.
• Added collapse/expand-all triggers.
• Better looking 24bit arrows.

1.3.6

• Plug-in now degrades gracefully if JS is disabled. Added swaptitle attribute to change the title on expand/collapse.

1.3.5

• Random ID’s now start with letters, for valid xhtml.

1.3.4

• Changed ‘-member’ to ‘-highlander’ because it sounds better.

1.3.3

• Added the ability to have only one member of a group expanded by adding ‘-member’ to the rel attribute value.

1.3.2

• Added Expanded attribute that sets the default position expanded open.
• Added style that moves arrows to the right of the text.

1.3.1

• Added the hover style to pimp the element style when moused over.

1.3

• Added the rel attribute to deal with grouping collapse elements.
• Added the trigclass and targclass attributes.
• Added the alt attribute to define the title’s hover-over text.

1.2

• Expanded the shortcode to include an optional tag attribute. The system defaults to wrapping the trigger in a span tag.
• Style will support various element tags… span, div, h1, h2… etc.
• Style separates the arrow icons, so there is no background bleed-over on extra-long trigger titles.

1.1

• Optimized Code
• Shortcode now works in Sidebar
• Expand Titles now have title tags that match the title, not just some random number
• Shortcode can include a user-defined ID instead of a generated random number
• Added auto expand feature if an anchor tag is used in the URL

1.0

• The plug-in came to be.