Tagged #javascript

Wordpress 7 Gallery Lightbox Breaks Bootscore-Based Themes

Published in /til/ on 2026-06-05

The new gallery lightbox navigation added in WordPress 7 is super cool! However, when a lightbox is opened in WordPress 7, it adds the inert attribute to all direct children of the <body> element. At UF, we used a Bootscore-based WordPress theme (a boilerplate Bootstrap CSS enabled theme), which wraps the site content in a <div id="page" class="site"> (see header.php), causing the entire site to go “inert” when the gallery lightbox is opened–not ideal.

Extract Last Names (Full Name with Suffix)

Published in /til/ on 2025-10-04

Some last names in our directory of faculty end with suffixes. This adds a level of complexity to extracting and sorting by last name without a custom field. A custom JavaScript function could be constructed to handle this, provided you know all the possible suffix variations.

Modern Methods of Showing or Hiding HTML Elements with JavaScript

Published in /til/ on 2025-08-07

Different options available to show and hide HTML elements using JavaScript in 2025, including my preference.

#html #javascript #code #css