Element Hiding ?<solved>

dwr50 · Post by **dwr50** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:12 am

I was trying out the ABP Element Hiding Helper on etonline.com and clicked one too many ads and the whole site collapsed. How do I find out which element caused this ? Are the elements listed in the order I clicked them or in some other order ?

Adblock Plus Fan · Post by **Adblock Plus Fan** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 12:29 am

When you compose a rule, there is a preview function you can tick (flash on/off for obviousness), and there's a Cancel button. Practice using these in the future to avoid this issue.

dwr50 wrote:Are the elements listed in the order I clicked them or in some other order ?

Element hiding rules in your Preferences menu (ctrl+shift+E) are listed in the order they where created. (unless you moved them around

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dwr50 · Post by **dwr50** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:16 pm

etonline.com#TD
etonline.com#IMG(src=/media/img/module_header_shopet.jpg)
etonline.com#IMG(src=/media/photo/2008/02/40642/250_shopet_promo_080104.jpg)

So... if I just remove the last one I should be good to go... or am I missing something ?

I think the middle one is the culprit.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:25 pm

You can just disable the rules one at a time by clicking the bullet after each one and hitting APPLY.

When it works again, you will know which one it is .. just right-click and delete it.

I'm positive it is this one:

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etonline.com#TD

... that would block ALL table cells. Usually about 95% of all html content in a page is contained in TDs. Without anything defining that TD (eg: height,width,id), they are ALL being removed.

Adblock Plus Fan · Post by **Adblock Plus Fan** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:37 pm

dwr50 wrote:etonline.com#IMG(src=/media/img/module_header_shopet.jpg)
etonline.com#IMG(src=/media/photo/2008/02/40642/250_shopet_promo_080104.jpg)

You shouldn't even have to worry about deleting/recreating these rules... They are very easy to make again once you get more familiar with element hiding helper.

Tip: http://adblockplus.org/images/66.gif
This menu on the top left has a lot of useful functions.
W button and N button in particular are incredibly useful as they change the size of the red frame. You should try to play with them for a bit.

by the way...

dwr50 wrote:etonline.com#IMG(src=/media/img/module_header_shopet.jpg)
etonline.com#IMG(src=/media/photo/2008/02/40642/250_shopet_promo_080104.jpg)

Unless you really have to use EHH, it's much better to block images with the normal method: http://adblockplus.org/images/75.png
If you block it the normal way, you save bandwidth and the page should load faster.

rick752 · Post by **rick752** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 5:44 pm

If you want to gain some more top real estate and don't mind cutting off the heads of the hosts in the left column, this would be a good one:

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etonline.com##body > table[style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 1000px;"]

dwr50 · Post by **dwr50** » Sat Aug 16, 2008 7:02 pm

rick752 wrote:You can just disable the rules one at a time by clicking the bullet after each one and hitting APPLY.

When it works again, you will know which one it is .. just right-click and delete it.

I'm positive it is this one:
Code: Select all
etonline.com#TD 
... that would block ALL table cells. Usually about 95% of all html content in a page is contained in TDs. Without anything defining that TD (eg: height,width,id), they are ALL being removed.

You were right...
Since I just started using the element blocker I'm sure I have a lot to learn. Thanks for the help, one and all.

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