Trigger a Divi Show / Hide Button from a Link

Written by Dan Mossop

The Divi Show / Hide Button Module lets you reveal, hide and toggle Divi Builder elements using a Divi-style Button. If you'd like to be able to scroll to and trigger a show / hide button from a link, here's how to do it.

Open a show / hide button from a link using JavaScript

To enable opening of show / hide buttons from a link, add the following JavaScript / jQuery code to your to your site:

<script>
/* Open a Divi Show / Hide Module when Linking to the Page */
jQuery(function($) {
	
	// Click button if id set in url hash
	setTimeout(
		function(){
			var button_id = location.hash.substring(1);
			if (button_id !== '') {
				$('#'+button_id+'.et_pb_db_show_hide_button .et_pb_button').trigger('click');
			}
		}, 
		1000
	);
	
	// Handle same page links
	$('a[href*="#"]').each(
		function() {
			var $link = $(this);
			var link_url = $(this).attr('href');
    		var link_hash = link_url.substring(link_url.indexOf("#") + 1);
			if (link_hash.length > 0) {
				var $button = $('.et_pb_db_show_hide_button#'+link_hash);
				if ($button.length) {
					$link.unbind('click');						
					$link.on('click', function() {
						et_pb_smooth_scroll($button, false, 800);
						$button.not('.dshb-active-button').find('.et_pb_button').click();
					});
				}
			}			
		}
	);
});
</script>

Next, give your show / hide button module a CSS ID in the module settings at:

Show / Hide Button Settings > Advanced > CSS ID & Classes > CSS ID

Now you can simply add this ID as a "hash" at the end of your URL. So, for example, if you set your CSS ID to "my-button" then you can add it to a page URL like so:

https://divibooster.com/some-page/#my-button

Now when you enter the URL in the browser address bar, or link to it from somewhere on your site, the page will scroll down to the show / hide button with the "my-button" ID and a click will be simulated on the button, showing (or hiding) the associated content.

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About Dan Mossop

Dan is a Scottish-born web developer, now living in Brisbane with his wife and son. He has been sharing tips and helping users with Divi since 2014. He created Divi Booster, the first Divi plugin, and continues to develop it along with 20+ other Divi plugins. Dan has a PhD in Computer Science, a background in web security and likes a lot of stuff, 

2 Comments

  1. Hi! This code and the show/hide button solved something I've been stumped with. The only thing is, I don't want it to scroll to the section and click the button, I want it to just click the button from wherever I am on the page (this won't be used externally, it will be a link on a page that should click my show/hide button). Is that possible?

    Reply
    • Hey Gideon, I think you should be able to do what you're after by changing this part of the code:

      $link.unbind('click');						
      $link.on('click', function() {
      	et_pb_smooth_scroll($button, false, 800);
      	$button.not('.dshb-active-button').find('.et_pb_button').click();
      });
      

      To this:

      $link.on('click', function(e) {
      	e.preventDefault();
      	$button.not('.dshb-active-button').find('.et_pb_button').click();
      });
      

      That should disable the scroll effect while still clicking the show / hide button. Hope it helps!

      Reply

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