This post describes how to show, hide or toggle Divi Builder elements at the click of a button.
Reveal Elements on Click using Divi Show / Hide Module
Divi Show / Hide Button Module is a plugin I designed to make it easier to implement some of the effects described later in this post – without the need to mess around with jQuery code.
It is a modified version of the built-in Divi Button module. Rather than linking to another page, it lets you show, hide and toggle the visibility of elements on the same page. It can be styled the same way as the standard button module.
Check out the Divi Show / Hide Button Module here.
Reveal Elements on Click Using CSS / JQuery
Rob over at Divi Notes has a nice post on how to reveal a Divi section, row or module when a button is clicked. I've made what I think are a couple of improvements, which are shared below. The changes include:
- Preventing the hidden component from being briefly displayed when the page loads
- Support for multiple hidden sections / reveal buttons
- No hiding of the component in the visual builder for easier editing
Here are the steps to making a Divi Builder element (module, etc) displayed on the click of a button (and re-hidden if the button is clicked again).
Step 1: Add the "reveal" button and give it a class
Add a Button Module to your page that you want to use to show / reveal the target element.
Then set
Button Settings > Advanced > CSS ID & Classes > CSS Class
to
rv_button_1 rv_button_closed
like so:
Step 2: Add the hidden element and give it a class
Now add the element you want to show / hide. This can be a section, row or module. Go to the settings for the element, e.g.
{Element} Settings > Advanced > CSS ID & Classes > CSS Class
And add the following to the CSS Class field:
rv_element rv_element_1
Step 3: Add the following CSS / JavaScript code to your site
<style>
body:not(.et-fb) .rv_element { display: none; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened:after { content:"\32"; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_closed:after { content:"\33"; }
</style>Related Post: Adding CSS to the Divi Theme
<script>
jQuery(function($){
var revealButtons = {
'.rv_button_1': '.rv_element_1'
};
$.each(revealButtons, function(revealButton, revealElement) {
$(revealButton).click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$(revealElement).slideToggle();
$(revealButton).toggleClass('rv_button_opened rv_button_closed');
});
});
});
</script>Related Post: Adding JavaScript / jQuery to Divi.
Step 4: Publish and view the page
If all has gone well, the element should be hidden on the page. Clicking on the reveal button should reveal the element, and clicking a second time should hide it again.
If you have any trouble getting it to work, let me know in the comments or via the contact form.
It should look something like this:
Before:
Advanced: Adding more reveal buttons
If you want to add further reveal buttons (which reveal their own elements), you can do it like so:
- Give each new reveal button its own CSS class, for example "rv_button_2" for the second reveal button, "rv_button_3" for the third and so on.
- Give each new hidden element its own CSS class, for example "rv_element rv_element_2" for the second element, "rv_element rv_element_3" for the third, and so on.
- Modify the JavaScript code to include these new classes, e.g.
<script>
jQuery(function($){
var revealButtons = {
'.rv_button_1': '.rv_element_1',
'.rv_button_2': '.rv_element_2',
'.rv_button_3': '.rv_element_3'
};
$.each(revealButtons, function(revealButton, revealElement) {
$(revealButton).click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$(revealElement).slideToggle();
$(revealButton).toggleClass('rv_button_opened rv_button_closed');
});
});
});
</script>Advanced 2: Showing and hiding elements on click
If you want to do something more than just revealing an element when the reveal button is clicked, here's an extended version of the code above, which adds the ability to show, hide and toggle multiple elements from the same button. This lets you do things like hide an element when revealing another, or replacing the reveal button with content (by hiding the reveal button once clicked).
<style>
body:not(.et-fb) .show-on-click,
body:not(.et-fb) .toggle-on-click {
display: none;
}
.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened:after { content:"\32"; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_closed:after { content:"\33"; }
</style>
<script>
jQuery(function($){
var buttons = {
'.rv_button_1': {
'toggle': '.toggle-on-click',
'hide' : '.hide-on-click',
'show' : '.show-on-click'
}
};
$.each(buttons, function(button, elements) {
$(button).click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$(elements.toggle).slideToggle();
$(elements.show).slideDown();
$(elements.hide).slideUp();
$(button).toggleClass('rv_button_opened rv_button_closed');
});
});
});
</script>The biggest change is that the buttons array now defines "toggle", "hide" and "show" values for the button(s).
- "toggle" takes a comma-separated list of CSS selectors which will be alternated between hidden and visible with each click of the reveal button. This is the default behavior of the earlier code examples.
- "hide" takes a comma-separated list of CSS selectors which will be hidden when the button is clicked. Subsequent clicks won't affect their visibility.
- "show" takes a comma-separated list of CSS selectors which will be displayed when the button is clicked. Subsequent clicks won't affect their visibility. It makes sense to hide such elements initially using CSS, as done for the ".show-on-click" class in the style block above.
Setup the button as per step 1, and give each element you want to be affected by the button the appropriate class (in the case of the example code this would be either "toggle-on-click", "hide-on-click" or "show-on-click").
Now you should see an effect similar to this (left column is set to toggle, center to show, and right to hide):
Initial state:
After first click:
After second click:
Advanced 3: Changing the Open / Close Icons
you can change the open / close icon from the default up / down arrow by changing these lines of CSS:
.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened:after { content:"32"; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_closed:after { content:"33"; }Here '32' is the code for the up arrow icon and '33' is the code for the down arrow icon. You can easily change this to another icon from this list:
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/resources/elegant-icon-font
Go to the "Complete Set and Unicode Reference Guide" section and then locate your desired icon(s). Take the part of the icon's code as shown here:
.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened:after { content:"42"; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_closed:after { content:"43"; }Advanced 4: Hiding Other "Tabs" Initially
If you have several reveal buttons and want to create a "tabbed" effect, you may wish to simulate a click on the first reveal button to hide the content of the other "tabs". Here's two ways to do it:
1) Hide the other tab content elements initially via CSS, such as:
.rv_element_2,.rv_element_3,.rv_element_4 {
display: none;
}Note that you may need to change these class names to match your setup.
You can add this into your child theme style.css file or the "Divi > Theme Options > General > Custom CSS" box.
2) Trigger a click event on the button using jQuery. You should be able to do so by adding this after the jQuery code you've already added above:
jQuery(function($){
$('.rv_button_1').click();
});Where "rv_button_1" is the class assigned to your first "tab" button.
The two options should achieve pretty much the same result, but there are some slight differences. The first option will apply immediately, while the second option only applies once the page is fully loaded, which might lead to the rows being briefly visible while the page is loading. The second option, though, more accurately simulates a button click which might be useful if you ever attach more complex behavior to the button.
Related post: Creating Tabs using the Divi Show / Hide Button Module
Advanced 5: Sliding the Revealed Element Left / Right
In the examples above, the element being revealed slides up / down as it is revealed / hidden. There isn't an equivalent way in jQuery to instead slide it left / right. However, we can achieve a left / right slide effect by additionally making use of the jQuery UI library.
First, install the jQuery UI library on your page / site following the instructions on the jQuery UI site. This will likely involve adding a script tag such as this to your site:
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1.13.2/jquery-ui.min.js" integrity="sha512-57oZ/vW8ANMjR/KQ6Be9v/+/h6bq9/l3f0Oc7vn6qMqyhvPd1cvKBRWWpzu0QoneImqr2SkmO4MSqU+RpHom3Q==" crossorigin="anonymous" referrerpolicy="no-referrer"></script>Important: To get jQuery UI to work correctly, you may also need to disable Divi's jQuery Deferral option at:
Divi > Theme Options > General > Performance > Defer jQuery And jQuery Migrate
This in the original example (given at the top of this post), replace the line that reads:
$(revealElement).slideToggle();With this (to slide right):
$(revealElement).toggle("slide", { direction: "left" }, 1000);Or this (to slide right):
$(revealElement).toggle("slide", { direction: "right" }, 1000);It is worth noting that loading jQuery UI and disabling Divi's jQuery Deferral may impact the page / site speed to some degree, so be sure to check that you are happy with the resulting site performance when implementing this.
Advanced 6: Deactivating Previously Active Buttons
In the above examples, a button which has been clicked becomes "active" and can be styled using the "rv_button_opened" class added to it. When the button is clicked again the class is removed, removing the active styling. However, buttons added using the instructions above act independently: activating one button doesn't "deactivate" the others. If you would actually like a newly active button to deactivate others (so you only have one button active at a time), then one way to handle this situation is to modify the code such that when the button is clicked, it removes the rv_button_opened class from the other buttons. Adding a line like this should do it:
$('.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened').not(revealButton).removeClass('rv_button_opened').addClass('rv_button_closed');This is how it would look added to the code in the "Advanced: Adding more reveal buttons" section:
jQuery(function($){
var revealButtons = {
'.rv_button_1': '.rv_element_1',
'.rv_button_2': '.rv_element_2',
'.rv_button_3': '.rv_element_3'
};
$.each(revealButtons, function(revealButton, revealElement) {
$(revealButton).click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$(revealElement).slideToggle();
$(revealButton).toggleClass('rv_button_opened rv_button_closed');
$('.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened').not(revealButton).removeClass('rv_button_opened').addClass('rv_button_closed');
});
});
});Note that if you use it with the code in "Advanced 2: Showing and hiding elements on click" you'd instead need to use:
$('.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened').not(button).removeClass('rv_button_opened').addClass('rv_button_closed');(as it uses "button" as the variable name, instead of "revealButton").
For users of the Divi Show / Hide Button module, the grouping option can be used to make a set of buttons act as a group with only one button active at a time. The currently active button can then be styled using the active button styling options.
Advanced 7: Only Show the Button on Mobile
To only show the button on mobile:
1. Click on the "disable" option in the button module's menu:
2. Click on the "tablet" and "desktop" icons, to disable the button module on those devices. This will make the button show on mobile only.
3. Wrap the CSS code from the tutorial in a "media query" which will make the CSS code only apply on mobile (leaving the filters visible on tablet / desktop). For example, if you are using this CSS from above:
<style>
body:not(.et-fb) .rv_element { display: none; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened:after { content:"\32"; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_closed:after { content:"\33"; }
</style>You'd change it to this:
<style>
@media only screen and (max-width: 980px) {
body:not(.et-fb) .rv_element { display: none; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened:after { content:"\32"; }
.et_pb_button.rv_button_closed:after { content:"\33"; }
}
</style>
Very useful tutorial, thank you ! Is there a way to change the text of the button when it's clicked on ? (show more => show less) ?
Hey Sophie, you're very welcome. Since it looks like you've just bought the Divi Show / Hide Button module (thank you!), you can do it using the option described here:
Change Show / Hide Button Text on Click
I hope that helps, but if you do need to be able to do it manually via jQuery code, let me know and I'll do my best to advise you :)
Hi, I am using toggle modules within toggle modules. This creates the problem that all nested toggle modules are being opened, when the parent toggle module is opened.
How can I adapt your code to close the nested modules, when you click on the button to open the parent toggle module?
Hi Martina, you're using the instructions from this post on nesting modules within other modules, right?
The issue is that when the Divi toggle module's title is clicked, it toggles the visibility of any and all toggle content elements contained within it. Normally, there is only one, but in your case, each of the sub-modules has its own content element and they are all being affected by the click on the parent toggle.
To solve this, you can use the following JavaScript / jQuery code, which will replace Divi's handling of clicks on the toggle title with one that won't affect nested toggles.
jQuery(function($) { $(".et_pb_toggle .et_pb_toggle_title").click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); var $module = $(this).parent(); $module.children(".et_pb_toggle_content").slideToggle(400, function() { $module.toggleClass("et_pb_toggle_open et_pb_toggle_close"); }); }); });If you've followed the tutorial in that linked post, then you can add this code into the code module added by that tutorial. Alternatively, you can add it via the "Divi > Theme Options > Integration" area.
I hope that helps!
Hi Dan,
Thanks for tutorial! I'm trying to hide a section which contains a blog module with a grid layout. Whenever I click the button to show the blog's section, all of the blog's post thumbnails/cards are stacked on top of each other. If I then click on the pagination link the proper post grid will be displayed but only then. Any suggestions on how to fix this?
Thanks again!
Hey Adam, I've seen this type of behavior with some other modules, such as the filterable portfolio. Basically the issue with those was that Divi would dynamically lay them out once the page had loaded. However, it would only do that if they were visible, so it wouldn't apply this to a hidden portfolio, for example. So when it was revealed, the layout would be wrong, and would stay wrong until a redraw of the element was triggered (e.g. by resizing the page). The solution in those cases is to manually trigger the redraw when the button is clicked to reveal the hidden element.
I suspect a similar thing may be going on with your blog module. I've tried setting up an example, but I didn't encounter the same problem, so I'm not quite sure what is causing it on your site. I know you marked the site as being locally hosted, but is there any chance you're able to share a link to a live example so that I can look into it further? Alternatively, if you're able to save the HTML of the page (e.g. using your browser's "Save As" option) and send that to me, I might be able to figure it out from there. If you send me a message, marking it as a "Bug Report", via the contact form you'll get an auto-response email to which the HTML can be attached. Thanks!
Thank you, Dan! I've sent you the HTML via the contact form auto-response.
Thanks Adam. Am I right in thinking it's Divi Blog Pro post masonry module that you're using? If so, I think you may be able to get it working by modifying your code to this:
jQuery(function($){ var buttons = { '.rv_button_1': { 'toggle': '.toggle-on-click', 'hide' : '.hide-on-click', 'show' : '.show-on-click' } }; $.each(buttons, function(button, elements) { $(button).click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); $(elements.toggle).slideToggle(); $(elements.show).slideDown(); $(elements.hide).slideUp(); $(button).toggleClass('rv_button_opened rv_button_closed'); try { $('.brbl-post-masonry .brbl-blog-items').isotope({itemSelector: ".brbl-blog-item"}).isotope('layout'); } catch(e) {} }); }); });The added line that reads:
$('.brbl-post-masonry .brbl-blog-items').isotope({itemSelector: ".brbl-blog-item"}).isotope('layout');Triggers the layout of the post masonry module to be (re)drawn.
It's working in my testing, but I'm not hugely familiar with either isotope or Divi Blog Pro, so if you have any issues with it just give me a shout and I'll look into them further.
I hope that helps!
Great post. I'm trying to use this to create a tabbed effect, however I can't seem to change the color of the buttons from their activate state to an inactive state. The other links in your post don't quite work the way I'm intending. Can you help? The current code I'm using on the page is this:
.rv_element_2, .rv_element_3, .rv_element_4 {
position: absolute;
left: 100%;
display: none;
}
jQuery(function($){
var revealButtons = {
'.rv_button_1': {
'show': '.rv_element_1',
'hide': '.rv_element_2, .rv_element_3, .rv_element_4'
},
'.rv_button_2': {
'show': '.rv_element_2',
'hide': '.rv_element_1, .rv_element_3, .rv_element_4'
},
'.rv_button_3': {
'show': '.rv_element_3',
'hide': '.rv_element_1, .rv_element_2, .rv_element_4'
},
'.rv_button_4': {
'show': '.rv_element_4',
'hide': '.rv_element_1, .rv_element_2, .rv_element_3'
}
};
$.each(revealButtons, function(revealButton, revealElements) {
$(revealButton).click(function(e){
e.preventDefault();
$.each(revealElements['hide'].split(', '), function(index, value) {
$(value).animate({left: '100%'}, 500, function() {
$(this).hide();
});
});
$.each(revealElements['show'].split(', '), function(index, value) {
$(value).show().animate({left: '0'}, 500);
});
$(revealButton).toggleClass('rv_button_opened rv_button_closed');
$('.et_pb_button.rv_button_opened').not(revealButton).removeClass('rv_button_opened').addClass('rv_button_closed');
});
});
$('.rv_button_1').click();
});
Hey Nate, I just did a test on your code and this works for me:
1) Make sure each button has the "rv_button_closed" class set in "Button Settings > Advanced > CSS ID & Classes > CSS Class", alongside any other classes set there ("rv_button_1", etc). Separate the class names with a space.
2) Apply the following CSS:
.rv_button_opened { color: green; } .rv_button_closed { color: red; }This will color the active button green and the inactive buttons red.
If you're still having issues with it, are you able to share a link so that I can take a look? Thanks!
Hi
I've followed the tutorial and can get the buttons working individually – sections open and close based on their button clicks, but I have not been able to get the advanced 2 hiding feature to work and when I paste in the code for that it breaks the function and nothing works.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?
Hey Rachel, sorry to hear this. Is there any chance you're able to share a link to the page you're working on so that I can take a look for you? Thanks!
Absolutely, I'm having problems with the black tabbed section towards the bottom on the home page – https://rachelfiske.com/
Thanks Rachel, I think this may do what you need:
<style> body:not(.et-fb) .rv_element { display: none; } .et_pb_button.rv_button_opened:after { content:"\32"; } .et_pb_button.rv_button_closed:after { content:"\33"; } </style> <script> jQuery(function($){ var buttons = { '.rv_button_1': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element:not(.rv_element_1)', 'show' : '.rv_element_1' }, '.rv_button_2': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element:not(.rv_element_2)', 'show' : '.rv_element_2' }, '.rv_button_3': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element:not(.rv_element_3)', 'show' : '.rv_element_3' }, '.rv_button_4': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element:not(.rv_element_4)', 'show' : '.rv_element_4' }, }; $.each(buttons, function(button, elements) { $(button).click(function(e){ e.preventDefault(); $(elements.toggle).slideToggle(); $(elements.show).slideDown(); $(elements.hide).slideUp(); $(button).toggleClass('rv_button_opened rv_button_closed'); }); }); }); </script>It's basically the "Advanced 2" code configured for your particular tab setup. It should replace the code you currently have on the button (rather than being added alongside it).
I hope it helps, but let me know if not. Thanks!
Worked like a charm, thank you so much!!
Great! You’re welcome, and thanks for letting me know, Rachel :)
How do I make it so that after clicking one button all other revealed sections get closed? I have four buttons.
Hi Monika, you should be able to do it using the code in the "Advanced 2: Showing and hiding elements on click" section, with the buttons variable set to something like this:
var buttons = { '.rv_button_1': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element_2, .rv_element_3, .rv_element_4', 'show' : '.rv_element_1' }, '.rv_button_2': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element_1, .rv_element_3, .rv_element_4', 'show' : '.rv_element_2' }, '.rv_button_3': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element_1, .rv_element_2, .rv_element_4', 'show' : '.rv_element_3' }, '.rv_button_4': { 'toggle': '', 'hide' : '.rv_element_1, .rv_element_2, .rv_element_3', 'show' : '.rv_element_4' } };This is assuming you give your buttons CSS classes of the form "rv_button_1", "rv_button_2", etc., and give the elements they reveal the CSS classes "rv_element_1", "rv_element_2", etc.
Basically, each button is configured to show its own element, and simultaneously hide the other ones, which I think should give you the effect you are looking for. Let me know if it doesn't do what you need (with a link to the page you're working on, if possible). Thanks!
This code works fine on my computer browser, but strangely it doesn't work on mobile, what should I do?
Hey Esther, is any chance you're able to share a link to the page you're working on so that I can take a look for you? Thanks!