Title: Blinking Close Button Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Blinking Close Button * Resolved [Jbyrd117](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbyrd117/) * (@jbyrd117) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/) * All of my plugins, as well as WordPress are up to date. * When an image is viewed in the lightbox the “x” at the top right corner of the lightbox flashes/blinks repeatedly. * It can be seen here: [http://vanhoutenillustration.com/portfolio/illustration/](http://vanhoutenillustration.com/portfolio/illustration/) * Just click on one of the pictures and you’ll see what I’m talking about. * Thanks for the help! * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lightbox-plus/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lightbox-plus/) Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [tzdk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tzdk/) * (@tzdk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391058) * Change duration from 0 to 1/1000sec. in helper.js – or that works for me. Seems like some weird jquery workarounds dev. need to look at. 1/1000sec make no sense but take away the blinking. Anything but zero. * You have already moved styles to custom folder so easy for you to change last 0 to 1 or above. Is last part with “Show close button with a delay” comment. * ``` jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(document).bind('cbox_open', function () { // Hide close button initially. $('#cboxClose').css('opacity', 0); }); $(document).bind('cbox_load', function () { // Hide close button. (It doesn't handle the load animation well.) $('#cboxClose').css('opacity', 0); }); $(document).bind('cbox_complete', function () { // Show close button with a delay. So he says but 0 is not much of a delay! 0 = disable duration. 1/1000sec is better. $('#cboxClose').fadeTo('fast', 1, function () {$(this).css('opacity', 1)}); }); }); ``` * I hope you can reproduce fix. But dont click resolved if you can do that. Dev. needs to see this I think. * .fadeTo doc [http://api.jquery.com/fadeTo/](http://api.jquery.com/fadeTo/) * [webcraftuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webcraftuk/) * (@webcraftuk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391092) * Hi * I also have this problem on a site I am putting together but do not understand the fix – I cannot find a helper.js file anywhere. * [tzdk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tzdk/) * (@tzdk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391095) * Lets see how much of a fix it is but works for me. * Well file is part of 3 themes: * Fancypants Stockholm Overtext * So you use one of those. * After inspection Overtexts helper.js does not include this code so you use Fancypants or Stockholm. * If you use Fancypants file will be located here * /wp-content/lightbox-plus/css/fancypants/helper.js * All themes are under /css/ folder. When you select a theme in settings you kind of select a folder as well. * You can copy/move all themes in to own folder so modifications wont get lost from an update. Check FAQ “Can I add my own styles and images for the overlay?” But its just that 1 change apparently. * I only checked Fancypants btw. * [webcraftuk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/webcraftuk/) * (@webcraftuk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391097) * Ah! (lightbulb)! * I was looking in the wrong place for the helper.js file. * (And I was using Fancypants). * Found it now and the fix has worked. Thanks very much for this. * [tzdk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tzdk/) * (@tzdk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391098) * Well I was also telling you to look the wrong place, heh * /wp-content/lightbox-plus/css/fancypants/helper.js * “/plugins/” should be put in there. * Thread Starter [Jbyrd117](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbyrd117/) * (@jbyrd117) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391155) * I edit the helper.js from my custom fancypants style right? I edited it like how you showed, replacing 0 with 1. I cleared the cache on my site and it’s still blinking. Maybe it’s just me. You can look at my site again and see if it’s still doing it. I don’t replace 0 with 1/1000 right? I just change it to 1? * I’m wondering if I’ll have to change the actual default fancypants helper.js now :\ * Thanks for the help so far. * [tzdk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tzdk/) * (@tzdk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391177) * Dont know where you are right now but * `http://vanhoutenillustration.com/wordpress/wp-content/lbp-css/fancypants2/helper. js` * is what I see active and that says “0” not “1”. * Clear W3TC cache? Like again? But as Admin you should not see cache at all – unless you have disabled that feature. You dont even seem to have minify turned but I am just saying W3TC hoping it help 😉 * File is the right one, only helper.js I see is from your custom /lbp-css/fancypants2/ folder. * Well as of this second it says 0 and then I would also see evil blink. * `$('#cboxClose').fadeTo('fast', 0, function () {$(this).css('opacity', 1)});` * Thread Starter [Jbyrd117](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbyrd117/) * (@jbyrd117) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391198) * I re-saved the code and I cleared the cache from W3TC a couple more times as well as the CloudFlare cache. I think the CloudFlare cache is what wouldn’t let me see the update. It still flashes when I view it while logged in but when I look at the gallery in Incognito Mode it looks fine. So I’m assuming that it’s probably fixed. * I won’t mark this thread as resolved like you suggested so that the developer will know about this issue. * Thanks for all of the help. * [tzdk](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tzdk/) * (@tzdk) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391231) * Just so happens devs. own demo page use Fancypants [http://www.23systems.net/wordpress-plugins/lightbox-plus-for-wordpress/demos/](http://www.23systems.net/wordpress-plugins/lightbox-plus-for-wordpress/demos/) and buttons are blinking full force. So eventually he will go WTF – and fix 🙂 * Plugin Author [Dan Zappone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dzappone/) * (@dzappone) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391242) * Wait, no, the blinking is a feature. * No seriously, you should be able to do this until I release the next update: * helper.js for Fancypants and Stockholm * ``` jQuery(document).ready(function($){ $(document).bind('cbox_open', function () { // Hide close button initially. $('#cboxClose').css('opacity', 0); }); $(document).bind('cbox_complete', function () { // Show close button with a delay. $('#cboxClose').show('fast', 0, function () {$(this).css('opacity', 1)}); }); }); ``` * helper.js for Overtext * ``` jQuery(document).ready(function($){ // Only run if there is a title. if ($('#cboxTitle:empty').length == false) { setTimeout(function () { $('#cboxTitle').slideUp() }, 1500); $('#cboxLoadedContent img').bind('mouseover', function () { $('#cboxTitle').slideDown(); }); $('#cboxOverlay').bind('mouseover', function () { $('#cboxTitle').slideUp(); }); } else { $('#cboxTitle').hide(); } }); ``` * Thread Starter [Jbyrd117](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jbyrd117/) * (@jbyrd117) * [13 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391249) * Should I completely replace the code in my helper.js with that code? * In mine there is a part that is left out of your new code. * ``` $(document).bind('cbox_load', function () { // Hide close button. (It doesn't handle the load animation well.) $('#cboxClose').css('opacity', 0); }); ``` * Plugin Author [Dan Zappone](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dzappone/) * (@dzappone) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/blinking-close-button/#post-3391303) * Sorry for the delay had the flu. 2.6 update should have the fixes at this point. 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