Title: remove 'view/hide' from sidebar Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # remove 'view/hide' from sidebar * Resolved [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/) * Do you have a filter to remove the ‘Click to view/hide’ function from the 2 column layout? * I’m using a plugin called Spots so I want the title to stay put. * [http://growersice.com/services/](http://growersice.com/services/) * Most appreciated. Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) * Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3550882) * There isn’t currently a filter for that, but I can easily add one (and good suggestion; thanks!). * Note that “show/hide” merely shows/hides the Widget _content_. The Widget _title_ always shows. * If you want the default behavior of Widget content to be shown, instead of hidden, you can change that via `Dashboard -> Appearance -> Oenology Options -> General tab`. * Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3550913) * I knew about the Option but this site just doesn’t require that function. If this filter is not in the theme, how do I remove it? * Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3550995) * I just pushed these filters to the master development version: [https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/issues/111](https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/issues/111) * If you want to take advantage of it now, you can download the development version of `functions/widgets.php`, or simply [make the two small changes](https://github.com/chipbennett/oenology/commit/722fe0d065a4afd206af361fb07f8c0ac5753eab) yourself. * Then, you can write callbacks: * ``` add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_open', '__return_false' ); add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_close', '__return_false' ); ``` * (This shortcut brought to you by [the core `__return_false()` function](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/_return_false).) * Note: be sure that `Dashboard -> Appearance -> Oenology Options -> General tab` Show/Hide widget content default is set to **show**. * Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551003) * Can you clarify the steps for this? I made those changes to widgets.php then placed the callbacks in functions.php * Didn’t work. I must be missing something. Thanks * Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551008) * Oh got it! I made the two small changes and placed the callbacks below. Thank you Chip! * Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551009) * > Oh got it! > I made the two small changes and placed the callbacks below. * Yes, sorry; I should have clarified: the filters may need to be hooked in at ` widgets_init`. If you want to put it in `functions.php`: * ``` function jknetdesign_filter_widget_stuff() { add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_open', '__return_false' ); add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_close', '__return_false' ); } add_action( 'widgets_init', 'jknetdesign_filter_widget_stuff' ); ``` * …should do the trick. * Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551010) * Yeah because i was wondering how to apply to child theme. So I reset the widgets. php file and placed that in functions and sorry but it didn’t work. * Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [13 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551059) * It works for me; but I made one additional change: I moved the functions `oenology_showhide_widget_content_open()` and `oenology_showhide_widget_content_close()` out of `functions/widgets.php` and into `functions/custom.php`. * Then, when I dropped the above `add_filter()` calls into `functions.php` to test, it worked for me. * Just to be sure, I tested in a Child Theme, and it worked for me as well. * I used the following, in both cases: * ``` add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_open', '__return_false' ); add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_close', '__return_false' ); ``` * Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551082) * I’m not 100% on this. Should I: Leave this in functions.php? * ``` // Removes showhide function on sidebar function jknetdesign_filter_widget_stuff() { add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_open', '__return_false' ); add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_close', '__return_false' ); } add_action( 'widgets_init', 'jknetdesign_filter_widget_stuff' ); ``` * Put widgets.php back to default? * Then what exactly do I edit in custom.php? on what line? * Are you saying that custom.php is left alone on theme update? Can I move functions/ custom.php into my child theme folder? * Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551088) * Any chance of taking a look at my previous comment? Can you give more exact directions? * Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551094) * Sorry for delayed responses for a bit; I’m incredibly swamped at the moment. * I’m honestly unsure why it won’t work for you, but if you want to try what I did: * 1. Move the `function oenology_showhide_widget_content_open(){}` and `function oenology_showhide_widget_content_close()`, and `function oenology_get_widget_args()` function definitions from `functions\widgets.php` into `functions\custom.php` * 2. Add the `apply_filter()` calls to `oenology_showhide_widget_content_open(){}` and `oenology_showhide_widget_content_close()` * 3. In your Child Theme `functions.php`, add the filter callbacks: * ``` add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_open', '__return_false' ); add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_close', '__return_false' ); ``` * (No need to put inside another callback.) * This worked for me, as tested in a test Child Theme. * Note: I’m getting close to having things ready for the next release, where your` add_filter()` calls should work out-of-the-box. * Thread Starter [jknetdesign](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jknetdesign/) * (@jknetdesign) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551096) * It worked but what confuses me is the first step, when I cut the function from widgets.php, because what happens when an update replaces this file? * Here’s what I have: This function is not in widgets.php, it’s in custom.php at the bottom — in the main theme. * ``` function oenology_showhide_widget_content_open() { $options = oenology_get_options(); $showhide = ''; $showhide .= 'Click to '; $showhide .= 'view/hide'; $showhide .= '
'; $showhide .= '
'; return apply_filters( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_open', $showhide ); } function oenology_showhide_widget_content_close() { return apply_filters( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_close', '
' ); } ``` * Then I have this in the functions.php — child theme * ``` add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_open', '__return_false' ); add_filter( 'oenology_showhide_widget_content_close', '__return_false' ); ``` * Is this correct? * Theme Author [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * (@chipbennett) * [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551097) * > It worked but what confuses me is the first step, when I cut the function from > widgets.php, because what happens when an update replaces this file? * No worries. That’s the same change I made in the development version – meaning that, when the next version is released, that change will have been implemented. Viewing 13 replies - 1 through 13 (of 13 total) The topic ‘remove 'view/hide' from sidebar’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://i0.wp.com/themes.svn.wordpress.org/oenology/3.5.2/screenshot.png) * Oenology * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/oenology/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/oenology/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/oenology/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/theme/oenology/reviews/) ## Tags * [2 column layout](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/2-column-layout/) * [filter](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/filter/) * 13 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [Chip Bennett](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chipbennett/) * Last activity: [13 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/remove-viewhide-from-sidebar/#post-3551097) * Status: resolved