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jQuery Revealer Plugin - a stupid little jQuery (JavaScript) plugin to make simple revealer links (e.g. '[view]') that expand text/HTML content on-click
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/** | |
* jQuery Revealer plugin | |
* Joss Crowcroft / @josscrowcroft | |
* | |
* Replaces an element containing text or HTML with a link that reveals the | |
* original contents when clicked. | |
* | |
* Super simple, no options or anything, but could be added easily. | |
* | |
* Example: | |
* <span class="whatever">some long-form text or HTML</span> | |
* <script> $('.whatever').revealer() </script> | |
* | |
* License: MIT; Copyright 2012 | |
*/ | |
(function($){ | |
// The plugin: | |
$.fn.revealer = function() { | |
return this.each(function() { | |
var linkText = '[view]', | |
hiddenValue = $(this).html(); | |
$(this).replaceWith('<a class="revealer" href="#" data-reveal="' + encodeURIComponent(hiddenValue) + '">' + linkText + '</a>'); | |
}); | |
}; | |
// Set up revealer links' click action: | |
$(document).on('click', '.revealer', function() { | |
$(this).replaceWith('<span class="replaced">' + decodeURIComponent($(this).data('reveal')) + '</span>'); | |
return false; | |
}); | |
})(jQuery); |
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