#182 - Disable Animations Using cookies v0.1

Instantly disable or enable all Webflow animations with a toggle, cookies, and reduced-motion support.

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<!-- 💙 MEMBERSCRIPT #182 v.01 - DISABLE ANIMATIONS USING COOKIES & PREFERS-REDUCED-MOTION 💙 -->
<script>
// Run immediately to catch animations before they start
(function() {
  console.log('Animation Disable Script loaded!');
  
  // Configuration - Customize these values as needed
  const config = {
    // Cookie settings
    cookieName: 'animationsDisabled',
    cookieExpiryDays: 365, // How long to remember the preference
    
    // Universal animation attribute - use this on ANY animated element
    animationAttribute: 'data-ms-animate',
    
    // Toggle control settings
    showToggle: true, // Set to false to hide the toggle button
    togglePosition: 'bottom-right', // 'top-right', 'bottom-right', 'top-left', 'bottom-left'
    toggleText: {
      disable: 'Disable Animations',
      enable: 'Enable Animations'
    }
  };
  
  // Cookie management functions
  function setCookie(name, value, days) {
    let expires = "";
    if (days) {
      const date = new Date();
      date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days * 24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
      expires = "; expires=" + date.toUTCString();
    }
    document.cookie = name + "=" + (value || "") + expires + "; path=/; SameSite=Lax";
  }
  
  function getCookie(name) {
    const nameEQ = name + "=";
    const ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for (let i = 0; i < ca.length; i++) {
      let c = ca[i];
      while (c.charAt(0) === ' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length);
      if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) === 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
    }
    return null;
  }
  
  function deleteCookie(name) {
    document.cookie = name + "=; expires=Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 UTC; path=/;";
  }
  
  // Check if user prefers reduced motion
  function prefersReducedMotion() {
    return window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)').matches;
  }
  
  // Check if animations should be disabled
  function shouldDisableAnimations() {
    const cookieDisabled = getCookie(config.cookieName) === 'true';
    const systemPrefersReduced = prefersReducedMotion();
    
    console.log('Animation check:', {
      cookieDisabled,
      systemPrefersReduced,
      shouldDisable: cookieDisabled || systemPrefersReduced
    });
    
    return cookieDisabled || systemPrefersReduced;
  }
  
  // Disable animations on page
  function disableAnimations() {
    console.log('Disabling animations...');
    
    // Find all elements with the animation attribute
    const animatedElements = document.querySelectorAll(`[${config.animationAttribute}]`);
    console.log(`Found ${animatedElements.length} animated elements`);
    
    animatedElements.forEach(element => {
      // Remove Webflow animation ID to prevent interactions
      const webflowId = element.getAttribute('data-w-id');
      if (webflowId) {
        element.setAttribute('data-w-id-disabled', webflowId);
        element.removeAttribute('data-w-id');
        console.log('Disabled Webflow animation for:', element);
      }
      
      // Mark as animation disabled
      element.setAttribute('data-animation-disabled', 'true');
    });
    
    // Disable Webflow interactions globally
    if (window.Webflow && window.Webflow.require) {
      try {
        const ix2 = window.Webflow.require('ix2');
        if (ix2 && ix2.store) {
          ix2.store.dispatch({ type: 'ix2/STORE_DISABLE' });
          console.log('Disabled Webflow interactions globally');
        }
      } catch (e) {
        console.log('Could not disable Webflow interactions:', e);
      }
    }
    
    // Override Webflow animation styles
    const style = document.createElement('style');
    style.id = 'webflow-animation-disable';
    style.textContent = `
      [data-animation-disabled="true"] {
        animation: none !important;
        transition: none !important;
        transform: none !important;
        opacity: 1 !important;
        visibility: visible !important;
      }
    `;
    
    if (!document.getElementById('webflow-animation-disable')) {
      document.head.appendChild(style);
    }
    
    console.log('Animations disabled successfully');
  }
  
  // Enable animations on page
  function enableAnimations() {
    console.log('Enabling animations...');
    
    // Find all elements with the animation attribute
    const animatedElements = document.querySelectorAll(`[${config.animationAttribute}]`);
    
    animatedElements.forEach(element => {
      if (element.getAttribute('data-animation-disabled') === 'true') {
        // Restore Webflow animation ID
        const disabledId = element.getAttribute('data-w-id-disabled');
        if (disabledId) {
          element.setAttribute('data-w-id', disabledId);
          element.removeAttribute('data-w-id-disabled');
          console.log('Re-enabled Webflow animation for:', element);
        }
        
        // Remove disabled marker
        element.removeAttribute('data-animation-disabled');
      }
    });
    
    // Re-enable Webflow interactions globally
    if (window.Webflow && window.Webflow.require) {
      try {
        const ix2 = window.Webflow.require('ix2');
        if (ix2 && ix2.store) {
          ix2.store.dispatch({ type: 'ix2/STORE_ENABLE' });
          console.log('Re-enabled Webflow interactions globally');
        }
      } catch (e) {
        console.log('Could not re-enable Webflow interactions:', e);
      }
    }
    
    // Remove override styles
    const style = document.getElementById('webflow-animation-disable');
    if (style) {
      style.remove();
    }
    
    console.log('Animations enabled successfully');
  }
  
  // Create toggle button
  function createToggleButton() {
    if (!config.showToggle) return;
    
    // Double check that body exists
    if (!document.body) {
      console.log('Body not ready, retrying toggle creation...');
      setTimeout(createToggleButton, 100);
      return;
    }
    //CUSTOMIZE THE TOGGLE COLORS
    const toggle = document.createElement('button');
    toggle.id = 'animation-toggle';
    toggle.type = 'button';
    toggle.setAttribute('data-ms-code', 'animation-toggle');
    toggle.style.cssText = `
      position: fixed;
      ${config.togglePosition.includes('top') ? 'top: 20px;' : 'bottom: 20px;'}
      ${config.togglePosition.includes('right') ? 'right: 20px;' : 'left: 20px;'}
      z-index: 10000;
      background: #2d62ff; 
      color: white;
      border: none;
      padding: 10px 15px;
      border-radius: 25px;
      cursor: pointer;
      font-size: 12px;
      font-weight: 500;
      box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
      transition: all 0.3s ease;
      opacity: 0.8;
    `;
    
    // Add hover effects
    toggle.addEventListener('mouseenter', function() {
      this.style.opacity = '1';
      this.style.transform = 'scale(1.05)';
    });
    
    toggle.addEventListener('mouseleave', function() {
      this.style.opacity = '0.8';
      this.style.transform = 'scale(1)';
    });
    
    // Add click handler
    toggle.addEventListener('click', function() {
      console.log('Toggle clicked!');
      const currentlyDisabled = shouldDisableAnimations();
      console.log('Currently disabled:', currentlyDisabled);
      
      if (currentlyDisabled) {
        // Enable animations
        console.log('Enabling animations...');
        deleteCookie(config.cookieName);
        enableAnimations();
        updateToggleButton(false);
        showMessage('Animations enabled', 'success');
      } else {
        // Disable animations
        console.log('Disabling animations...');
        setCookie(config.cookieName, 'true', config.cookieExpiryDays);
        disableAnimations();
        updateToggleButton(true);
        showMessage('Animations disabled', 'info');
      }
    });
    
    document.body.appendChild(toggle);
    updateToggleButton(shouldDisableAnimations());
    
    console.log('Toggle button created');
  }
  
  // Update toggle button text and state
  function updateToggleButton(disabled) {
    const toggle = document.getElementById('animation-toggle');
    if (!toggle) return;
    
    toggle.textContent = disabled ? config.toggleText.enable : config.toggleText.disable;
    toggle.style.background = disabled ? '#28a745' : '#2d62ff';
  }
  
  // Show message to user, CUSTOMIZE THIS
  function showMessage(message, type = 'info') {
    const messageDiv = document.createElement('div');
    messageDiv.className = 'animation-message';
    messageDiv.textContent = message;
    
    const colors = {
      success: '#28a745',
      error: '#dc3545',
      info: '#2d62ff',
      warning: '#ffc107'
    };
    
    messageDiv.style.cssText = `
      position: fixed;
      top: 20px;
      left: 50%;
      transform: translateX(-50%);
      background: ${colors[type] || colors.info};
      color: white;
      padding: 12px 20px;
      border-radius: 25px;
      box-shadow: 0 2px 10px rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);
      z-index: 10001;
      font-size: 14px;
      font-weight: 500;
      opacity: 0;
      transition: opacity 0.3s ease;
    `;
    
    document.body.appendChild(messageDiv);
    
    // Fade in
    setTimeout(() => {
      messageDiv.style.opacity = '1';
    }, 100);
    
    // Fade out and remove
    setTimeout(() => {
      messageDiv.style.opacity = '0';
      setTimeout(() => {
        if (document.body.contains(messageDiv)) {
          document.body.removeChild(messageDiv);
        }
      }, 300);
    }, 2000);
  }
  
  // Listen for system preference changes
  function setupPreferenceListener() {
    const mediaQuery = window.matchMedia('(prefers-reduced-motion: reduce)');
    
    function handlePreferenceChange(e) {
      console.log('System preference changed:', e.matches);
      
      if (e.matches && !getCookie(config.cookieName)) {
        // User now prefers reduced motion and hasn't manually set a preference
        disableAnimations();
        updateToggleButton(true);
      } else if (!e.matches && !getCookie(config.cookieName)) {
        // User no longer prefers reduced motion and hasn't manually set a preference
        enableAnimations();
        updateToggleButton(false);
      }
    }
    
    // Modern browsers
    if (mediaQuery.addEventListener) {
      mediaQuery.addEventListener('change', handlePreferenceChange);
    } else {
      // Fallback for older browsers
      mediaQuery.addListener(handlePreferenceChange);
    }
  }
  
  // Initialize the script
  function initialize() {
    console.log('Initializing animation disable script...');
    
    // Check if animations should be disabled
    if (shouldDisableAnimations()) {
      disableAnimations();
    }
    
    // Setup preference listener
    setupPreferenceListener();
    
    console.log('Animation disable script initialized successfully');
  }
  
  // Initialize animations immediately
  initialize();
  
  // Create toggle button when body is ready
  function createToggleWhenReady() {
    if (document.body) {
      createToggleButton();
    } else {
      setTimeout(createToggleWhenReady, 10);
    }
  }
  
  // Run when DOM is ready
  document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', function() {
    initialize();
    createToggleWhenReady();
  });
  
  // Debug function
  window.debugAnimationDisable = function() {
    console.log('=== Animation Disable Debug Info ===');
    console.log('Cookie value:', getCookie(config.cookieName));
    console.log('Prefers reduced motion:', prefersReducedMotion());
    console.log('Should disable animations:', shouldDisableAnimations());
    console.log('Animation elements found:', document.querySelectorAll(`[${config.animationAttribute}]`).length);
    console.log('Toggle button:', document.getElementById('animation-toggle'));
    console.log('Config:', config);
  };
})();
</script>

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