/** * jQuery fontIconPicker - v2.3 * * An icon picker built on top of font icons and jQuery * * http://codeb.it/fontIconPicker * * Made by Alessandro Benoit & Swashata * Under MIT License * * {@link https://github.com/micc83/fontIconPicker} * * Modified by Visual Composer Dev Team */ (function ( $ ) { 'use strict'; // Create the defaults once var defaults = { theme: 'fip-vc-theme-grey', // The CSS theme to use with this fontIconPicker. You can set different themes on multiple elements on the same page source: false, // Icons source (array|false|object) emptyIcon: true, // Empty icon should be shown? emptyIconValue: '', // The value of the empty icon, change if you select has something else, say "none" iconsPerPage: 20, // Number of icons per page hasSearch: true, // Is search enabled? searchSource: false, // Give a manual search values. If using attributes then for proper search feature we also need to pass icon names under the same order of source useAttribute: false, // Whether to use attribute selector for printing icons attributeName: 'data-icon', // HTML Attribute name convertToHex: true, // Whether or not to convert to hexadecimal for attribute value. If true then please pass decimal integer value to the source (or as value="" attribute of the select field) allCategoryText: 'From all categories', // The text for the select all category option unCategorizedText: 'Uncategorized', // The text for the select uncategorized option iconDownClass: 'fip-icon-down-dir', // Class for icon down iconUpClass: 'fip-icon-up-dir', // Class for icon up iconLeftClass: 'fip-icon-left-dir', // Class for icon left iconRightClass: 'fip-icon-right-dir', // Class for icon right iconSearchClass: 'fip-icon-search', // Class for search iconCancelClass: 'fip-icon-cancel', // Class for search canceling iconSpinClass: 'fip-icon-spin3', // Class for fip-icon-spin3 iconBlockClass: 'fip-icon-block', // Class for block(none icon) searchPlaceholder: 'Search Icon', // Search icon text placeholder mainClass: 'vc-icons-selector' }; // The actual plugin constructor function Plugin( element, options ) { this.element = $( element ); this.settings = $.extend( {}, defaults, options ); if ( this.settings.emptyIcon ) { this.settings.iconsPerPage --; } this.iconPicker = $( '
', { 'class': this.settings.mainClass, style: 'position: relative', html: '
' + '' + '' + '' + '' + '' + '' + '
' + '' } ); this.iconContainer = this.iconPicker.find( '.fip-icons-container' ); this.searchIcon = this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-search i' ); this.iconsSearched = []; this.isSearch = false; this.totalPage = 1; this.currentPage = 1; this.currentIcon = false; this.initialized = false; this.iconsPaged = false; this.iconsCount = 0; this.open = false; // Set the default values for the search related variables this.searchValues = []; this.availableCategoriesSearch = []; // The trigger event for change this.triggerEvent = null; // Backups this.backupSource = []; this.backupSearch = []; // Set the default values of the category related variables this.isCategorized = false; // Automatically detects if the icon listing is categorized this.selectCategory = this.iconPicker.find( '.icon-category-select' ); // The category SELECT input field this.selectedCategory = false; // false means all categories are selected this.availableCategories = []; // Available categories, it is a two dimensional array which holds categorized icons this.unCategorizedKey = null; // Key of the uncategorized category // Initialize plugin this.quickInit(); } Plugin.prototype = { /** * Quick init */ quickInit: function () { var first = true; // Add the theme CSS to the iconPicker this.iconPicker.addClass( this.settings.theme ); // To properly calculate iconPicker height and width // We will first append it to body (with left: -9999px so that it is not visible) this.iconPicker.css( { left: - 9999 } ).appendTo( 'body' ); var iconPickerHeight = this.iconPicker.outerHeight(), iconPickerWidth = this.iconPicker.outerWidth(); // Now reset the iconPicker CSS this.iconPicker.css( { left: '' } ); // Add the icon picker after the select this.element.before( this.iconPicker ); // Hide source element // Instead of doing a display:none, we would rather // make the element invisible // and adjust the margin this.element.css( { visibility: 'hidden', top: 0, position: 'relative', zIndex: '-1', left: '-' + iconPickerWidth + 'px', display: 'none', height: iconPickerHeight + 'px', width: iconPickerWidth + 'px', // Reset all margin, border and padding padding: '0', margin: '0 -' + iconPickerWidth + 'px 0 0', // Left margin adjustment to account for dangling space border: '0 none', verticalAlign: 'top' } ).hide(); // Set the trigger event if ( ! this.element.is( 'select' ) ) { // Determine the event that is fired when user change the field value // Most modern browsers supports input event except IE 7, 8. // IE 9 supports input event but the event is still not fired if I press the backspace key. // Get IE version // https://gist.github.com/padolsey/527683/#comment-7595 var ieVersion = (function () { var v = 3, div = document.createElement( 'div' ), a = div.all || []; while ( div.innerHTML = '', a[ 0 ] ) { ; } return v > 4 ? v : ! v; }()); var el = document.createElement( 'div' ); this.triggerEvent = (ieVersion === 9 || ! ('oninput' in el)) ? [ 'keyup' ] : [ 'input', 'keyup' ]; // Let's keep the keyup event for scripts that listens to it } this.setSelectedIcon( this.element.val() ); /** * Category changer */ this.selectCategory.on( 'change keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Don't do anything if not categorized if ( this.isCategorized === false ) { return false; } var targetSelect = $( e.currentTarget ), currentCategory = targetSelect.val(); // Check if all categories are selected if ( targetSelect.val() === 'all' ) { // Restore from the backups // @note These backups must be rebuild on source change, otherwise it will lead to error this.settings.source = this.backupSource; this.searchValues = this.backupSearch; // No? So there is a specified category } else { var key = parseInt( currentCategory, 10 ); if ( this.availableCategories[ key ] ) { this.settings.source = this.availableCategories[ key ]; this.searchValues = this.availableCategoriesSearch[ key ]; } } this.resetSearch(); this.loadIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * On down arrow click */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { if ( ! this.open && first ) { first = false; this.initCategories(); } // Open/Close the icon picker this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Next page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage < this.totalPage ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage + 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === this.totalPage ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Prev page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage - 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === 1 ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Realtime Icon Search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).on( 'keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Get the search string var searchString = $( e.currentTarget ).val(); // If the string is not empty if ( searchString === '' ) { this.resetSearch(); return; } // Set icon search to X to reset search this.searchIcon.removeClass( this.settings.iconSearchClass ); this.searchIcon.addClass( this.settings.iconCancelClass ); // Set this as a search this.isSearch = true; // Reset current page this.currentPage = 1; // Actual search // This has been modified to search the searchValues instead // Then return the value from the source if match is found this.iconsSearched = []; $.grep( this.searchValues, $.proxy( function ( n, i ) { if ( n.toLowerCase().search( searchString.toLowerCase() ) >= 0 ) { this.iconsSearched[ this.iconsSearched.length ] = this.settings.source[ i ]; return true; } }, this ) ); // Filter duplicates this.iconsSearched = this.iconsSearched.filter( this.getOnlyUnique ); // Render icon list this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * Quit search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-search i' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).focus(); this.resetSearch(); }, this ) ); /** * On icon selected */ this.iconContainer.on( 'click', '.fip-box', $.proxy( function ( e ) { this.setSelectedIcon( $( e.currentTarget ).find( 'i' ).attr( 'data-fip-value' ) ); this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Stop click propagation on iconpicker */ this.iconPicker.on( 'click', function ( event ) { event.stopPropagation(); return false; } ); /** * On click out */ $( 'html' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { if ( this.open ) { this.toggleIconSelector(); } }, this ) ); }, /** * Init */ init: function () { // Add the theme CSS to the iconPicker this.iconPicker.addClass( this.settings.theme ); // To properly calculate iconPicker height and width // We will first append it to body (with left: -9999px so that it is not visible) this.iconPicker.css( { left: - 9999 } ).appendTo( 'body' ); var iconPickerHeight = this.iconPicker.outerHeight(), iconPickerWidth = this.iconPicker.outerWidth(); // Now reset the iconPicker CSS this.iconPicker.css( { left: '' } ); // Add the icon picker after the select this.element.before( this.iconPicker ); // Hide source element // Instead of doing a display:none, we would rather // make the element invisible // and adjust the margin this.element.css( { visibility: 'hidden', top: 0, position: 'relative', zIndex: '-1', left: '-' + iconPickerWidth + 'px', display: 'none', height: iconPickerHeight + 'px', width: iconPickerWidth + 'px', // Reset all margin, border and padding padding: '0', margin: '0 -' + iconPickerWidth + 'px 0 0', // Left margin adjustment to account for dangling space border: '0 none', verticalAlign: 'top' } ).hide(); // Set the trigger event if ( ! this.element.is( 'select' ) ) { // Determine the event that is fired when user change the field value // Most modern browsers supports input event except IE 7, 8. // IE 9 supports input event but the event is still not fired if I press the backspace key. // Get IE version // https://gist.github.com/padolsey/527683/#comment-7595 var ieVersion = (function () { var v = 3, div = document.createElement( 'div' ), a = div.all || []; while ( div.innerHTML = '', a[ 0 ] ) { ; } return v > 4 ? v : ! v; }()); var el = document.createElement( 'div' ); this.triggerEvent = (ieVersion === 9 || ! ('oninput' in el)) ? [ 'keyup' ] : [ 'input', 'keyup' ]; // Let's keep the keyup event for scripts that listens to it } this.initCategories(); /** * Category changer */ this.selectCategory.on( 'change keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Don't do anything if not categorized if ( this.isCategorized === false ) { return false; } var targetSelect = $( e.currentTarget ), currentCategory = targetSelect.val(); // Check if all categories are selected if ( targetSelect.val() === 'all' ) { // Restore from the backups // @note These backups must be rebuild on source change, otherwise it will lead to error this.settings.source = this.backupSource; this.searchValues = this.backupSearch; // No? So there is a specified category } else { var key = parseInt( currentCategory, 10 ); if ( this.availableCategories[ key ] ) { this.settings.source = this.availableCategories[ key ]; this.searchValues = this.availableCategoriesSearch[ key ]; } } this.resetSearch(); this.loadIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * On down arrow click */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { // Open/Close the icon picker this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Next page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage < this.totalPage ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage + 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === this.totalPage ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Prev page */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function ( e ) { if ( this.currentPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).show(); this.currentPage = this.currentPage - 1; this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); } if ( this.currentPage === 1 ) { $( e.currentTarget ).hide(); } }, this ) ); /** * Realtime Icon Search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).on( 'keyup', $.proxy( function ( e ) { // Get the search string var searchString = $( e.currentTarget ).val(); // If the string is not empty if ( searchString === '' ) { this.resetSearch(); return; } // Set icon search to X to reset search this.searchIcon.removeClass( this.settings.iconSearchClass ); this.searchIcon.addClass( this.settings.iconCancelClass ); // Set this as a search this.isSearch = true; // Reset current page this.currentPage = 1; // Actual search // This has been modified to search the searchValues instead // Then return the value from the source if match is found this.iconsSearched = []; $.grep( this.searchValues, $.proxy( function ( n, i ) { if ( n.toLowerCase().search( searchString.toLowerCase() ) >= 0 ) { this.iconsSearched[ this.iconsSearched.length ] = this.settings.source[ i ]; return true; } }, this ) ); // Filter duplicates this.iconsSearched = this.iconsSearched.filter( this.getOnlyUnique ); // Render icon list this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); }, this ) ); /** * Quit search */ this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-search i' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).focus(); this.resetSearch(); }, this ) ); /** * On icon selected */ this.iconContainer.on( 'click', '.fip-box', $.proxy( function ( e ) { this.setSelectedIcon( $( e.currentTarget ).find( 'i' ).attr( 'data-fip-value' ) ); this.toggleIconSelector(); }, this ) ); /** * Stop click propagation on iconpicker */ this.iconPicker.on( 'click', function ( event ) { event.stopPropagation(); return false; } ); /** * On click out */ $( 'html' ).on( 'click', $.proxy( function () { if ( this.open ) { this.toggleIconSelector(); } }, this ) ); }, initCategories: function () { // If current element is SELECT populate settings.source if ( ! this.settings.source && this.element.is( 'select' ) ) { // Reset the source and searchSource // These will be populated according to the available options this.settings.source = []; this.settings.searchSource = []; // Check if optgroup is present within the select // If it is present then the source has to be grouped if ( this.element.find( 'optgroup' ).length ) { // Set the categorized to true this.isCategorized = true; this.element.find( 'optgroup' ).each( $.proxy( function ( i, el ) { // Get the key of the new category array var thisCategoryKey = this.availableCategories.length, // Create the new option for the selectCategory SELECT field categoryOption = $( '' ).prependTo( this.selectCategory ); // Show it and set default value to all categories this.selectCategory.show().val( 'all' ).trigger( 'change' ); }, /** * Load icons */ loadIcons: function () { // Set the content of the popup as loading this.iconContainer.html( '' ); // If source is set if ( this.settings.source instanceof Array ) { // Render icons this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); this.setContainerSelectedItems(); } }, /** * Render icons inside the popup */ renderIconContainer: function () { var offset, iconsPaged = []; // Set a temporary array for icons if ( this.isSearch ) { iconsPaged = this.iconsSearched; } else { iconsPaged = this.settings.source; } // Remove duplicates iconsPaged = [ ...new Set( iconsPaged ) ]; // Count elements this.iconsCount = iconsPaged.length; // Calculate total page number this.totalPage = Math.ceil( this.iconsCount / this.settings.iconsPerPage ); // Hide footer if no pagination is needed if ( this.totalPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-footer' ).show(); } else { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-footer' ).hide(); } // Set the text for page number index and total icons this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-pages' ).html( this.currentPage + '/' + this.totalPage + ' (' + this.iconsCount + ')' ); // Set the offset for slice offset = (this.currentPage - 1) * this.settings.iconsPerPage; // Should empty icon be shown? if ( this.settings.emptyIcon ) { // Reset icon container HTML and prepend empty icon this.iconContainer.html( '' ); // If not show an error when no icons are found } else if ( iconsPaged.length < 1 ) { this.iconContainer.html( '' ); return; // else empty the container } else { this.iconContainer.html( '' ); } // Set an array of current page icons iconsPaged = iconsPaged.slice( offset, offset + this.settings.iconsPerPage ); this.iconsPaged = iconsPaged; // List icons /*for (var i = 0, item; item = iconsPaged[i++];) { // Set the icon title var flipBoxTitle = item; $.grep(this.settings.source, $.proxy(function (e, i) { if (e === item) { flipBoxTitle = this.searchValues[i]; return true; } return false; }, this)); // Set the icon box $('', { html: '', 'class': 'fip-box', title: flipBoxTitle }).appendTo(this.iconContainer); }*/ }, setContainerSelectedItems: function () { // If no empty icon is allowed and no current value is set or current value is not inside the icon set if ( ! this.settings.emptyIcon && (! this.element.val() || $.inArray( this.element.val(), this.settings.source ) === - 1) ) { // Get the first icon this.setSelectedIcon( this.iconsPaged[ 0 ] ); } else if ( $.inArray( this.element.val(), this.settings.source ) === - 1 ) { // Set empty this.setSelectedIcon(); } else { // Set the default selected icon even if not set this.setSelectedIcon( this.element.val() ); } }, /** * Set Highlighted icon */ setHighlightedIcon: function () { this.iconContainer.find( '.current-icon' ).removeClass( 'current-icon' ); if ( this.currentIcon ) { this.iconContainer.find( '[data-fip-value="' + this.currentIcon + '"]' ).parent( 'span' ).addClass( 'current-icon' ); } }, /** * Set selected icon * * @param {string} theIcon */ setSelectedIcon: function ( theIcon ) { if ( theIcon === this.settings.iconBlockClass ) { theIcon = ''; } // Check if attribute is to be used if ( this.settings.useAttribute ) { if ( theIcon ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selected-icon' ).html( '' ); } else { this.iconPicker.find( '.selected-icon' ).html( '' ); } // Use class } else { this.iconPicker.find( '.selected-icon' ).html( '' ); } // Set the value of the element and trigger change event this.element.val( (theIcon === '' ? this.settings.emptyIconValue : theIcon ) ).trigger( 'change' ); if ( this.triggerEvent !== null ) { // Trigger other events for ( var eventKey in this.triggerEvent ) { this.element.trigger( this.triggerEvent[ eventKey ] ); } } this.currentIcon = theIcon; this.setHighlightedIcon(); }, /** * Open/close popup (toggle) */ toggleIconSelector: function () { this.open = (! this.open) ? 1 : 0; this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-popup' ).slideToggle( 300 ); this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button i' ).toggleClass( this.settings.iconDownClass ); this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-button i' ).toggleClass( this.settings.iconUpClass ); if ( this.open ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).focus().select(); if ( ! this.initialized ) { this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); this.initialized = true; } } }, renderIcons: function () { for ( var i = 0; i < this.iconsPaged.length; i ++ ) { var item = this.iconsPaged[ i ]; // Set the icon title var flipBoxTitle = item; $.grep( this.settings.source, $.proxy( function ( e, i ) { if ( e === item ) { flipBoxTitle = this.searchValues[ i ]; return true; } return false; }, this ) ); // Set the icon box $( '', { html: '', 'class': 'fip-box', title: flipBoxTitle } ).appendTo( this.iconContainer ); } this.setContainerSelectedItems(); }, /** * Reset search */ resetSearch: function () { // Empty input this.iconPicker.find( '.icons-search-input' ).val( '' ); // Reset search icon class this.searchIcon.removeClass( this.settings.iconCancelClass ); this.searchIcon.addClass( this.settings.iconSearchClass ); // Go back to page 1 and remove back arrow this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-left' ).hide(); this.currentPage = 1; this.isSearch = false; // Rerender icons this.renderIconContainer(); this.renderIcons(); // Restore pagination if needed if ( this.totalPage > 1 ) { this.iconPicker.find( '.selector-arrow-right' ).show(); } } }; // Lightweight plugin wrapper $.fn.vcFontIconPicker = function ( options ) { // Instantiate the plugin this.each( function () { if ( ! $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ) ) { $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker", new Plugin( this, options ) ); } } ); // setIcons method this.setIcons = $.proxy( function ( newIcons, iconSearch ) { if ( undefined === newIcons ) { newIcons = false; } if ( undefined === iconSearch ) { iconSearch = false; } this.each( function () { $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).settings.source = newIcons; $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).settings.searchSource = iconSearch; $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).initSourceIndex(); $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).resetSearch(); $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).loadIcons(); } ); }, this ); // destroy method this.destroyPicker = $.proxy( function () { this.each( function () { if ( ! $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ) ) { return; } // Remove the iconPicker $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).iconPicker.remove(); // Reset the CSS $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ).element.css( { visibility: '', top: '', position: '', zIndex: '', left: '', display: 'block', height: '', width: '', padding: '', margin: '', border: '', verticalAlign: '' } ).show(); // destroy data $.removeData( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ); } ); }, this ); // reInit method this.refreshPicker = $.proxy( function ( newOptions ) { if ( ! newOptions ) { newOptions = options; } // First destroy this.destroyPicker(); // Now reset this.each( function () { if ( ! $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker" ) ) { $.data( this, "vcFontIconPicker", new Plugin( this, newOptions ) ); } } ); }, this ); return this; }; })( jQuery );# Changelog ## [Unreleased] ## [1.0.4] - 2024-05-02 ### Fixed - Fix implicit nullable deprecation warning for PHP 8.4 ## [1.0.3] - 2022-01-10 ### Changed - Update PHPstan to 1.0 - Switched to GitHub Actions ## [1.0.2] - 2020-07-15 ### Added - Minor performance improvements ## [1.0.1] - 2020-06-16 ### Fixed - When calling `Punycode::decode()`, the case flags array would fail to populate when given an empty array. ## [1.0.0] - 2020-06-09 - Initial release

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The landscape of online casinos continues to evolve, offering UK players an ever-increasing array of choices. Utilizing resources like https://vegashero-casinos-uk.uk, coupled with a commitment to responsible gambling and a discerning eye for quality, can significantly enhance your experience. Remember to prioritize casinos with robust licensing, transparent bonus terms, and secure payment options. Beyond these fundamentals, delving into the specifics of game providers, RNG certifications, and customer support capabilities will further empower you to make informed decisions.

The key to enjoying online casinos lies not just in the potential for winning, but in the assurance of a fair, secure, and entertaining environment; seeking out platforms that demonstrably prioritize these aspects will pave the way for long-term enjoyment and responsible gaming habits. Always remember that gambling should be viewed as a form of entertainment, and its costs must be carefully managed.

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