Geocaching Collapse Blocks
This script was made obsolete by the geocaching site changes in May 2007. The cache description no longer wraps around the bottom of the navigation column, so there is no benefit to hiding any part of the column. Besides that, the "title bars" were removed from the blocks so there is no place to add the "collapse" button.
This script adds buttons and functionality to collapse the blocks on the right-hand side of the cache pages.
Install the script
What This Script Does
All those blocks on the right-hand side of the cache page are nice, they provide links to log a cache, they show attributes, and they show what travel bugs and coins are in a cache. But they also have a drawback. They take up screen real estate, often forcing the cache description to get scrunched.
Sometimes you just don't need all the info and links provided in the blocks, or you just don't care what travel bugs and coins are in a cache, or what attributes the cache has. That's when this script comes to the rescue. Similar to how the title bar of your browser has minimize and close buttons, this script gives the blocks on a cache page a collapse button and, if so configured, a hide button.
Some blocks contain a list of things, such as attributes or travel bugs. For these blocks, the quantity of those items is added to the title bar of the block. So even when the block is collapsed, you can tell if it's worth expanding it.
Options
There are also a couple of options you can set. To do this, scroll way down to the bottom of the page, and on the right-hand side of the copyright bar will be a link. Click it to open the Options dialog.
Allow blocks to be hidden completely - In the default configuration, the hide buttons are not shown. To allow blocks to be completely hidden, enable this option. Note that hide buttons are not added to the Navigation and Cache Logs block.
Now you're probably wondering how to show blocks again after they've been hidden. When any blocks are hidden, an Un-hide all blocks link will appear in the upper-right corner of the cache page, right below the GC number.
Automatically collapse the Inventory block - When there are no Attributes or Bookmark Lists, those blocks are not even sent to you when you open a cache page. But the Inventory block is always included, even if there are no travel bugs. Enable this second option to automatically collapse the Inventory block when there is no inventory. Note it is only collapsed when you first open a cache page. After that you can expand or collapse it as often as you wish.
The options, as well as each block state, is saved between sessions.
Version History
1.0 - 2007/01/10 - Initial release.